There was a time when each member of the traditional “para” was considered like family, and people felt a responsibility to look out for and protect one another. We no longer know our neighbours, and people, especially women, fear that if they are attacked in public, even within their own neighbourhood, nobody will come forward to rescue them.

The hostility that the Bangladeshi public usually shows towards women is in no way civilised

The apathy towards ending sexual harassment on campus is a symptom of wider institutional control.