Based on what you have read about how women are regarded within Hinduism, provide at least one reason based on Hindu beliefs that explains women’s status. Especially search out and reference news items from the last month about the gang rape of a young woman on a bus which lead to her death. There have been violent demonstrations about this incident. How is this a change from the way people in India have responded in the past? Why do you think women and men are now more vocal or engaged ? What role positively or negatively has Hinduism had on the way women have been regarded historically and in practice, in India?