The fact that our government shouts "death sentence" and the National Commission for Women ex-chairperson follows it up by calling for castration of rapists just shows a warped belief in a weird linkage between increasingly barbaric and sensational punishments and greater liberation for womankind. If only they'd look at mundane nitty-gritties.

On the low conviction rate in rape cases in India, as quoted in "Rape & Punishment: Will death penalty deter rapists, or make conviction even tougher?" Outlook India (14 December 1998)