![]() ![]() This narrative quickly stuck, and I too remember the episode as an example of a time when many such stories were coming up for public scrutiny and discussion. Coming two years after the Delhi bus rape case, it was widely reported in the beginning that Katra in Badaun was a site for another horrific case of rape and murder. In 2014, Indian news channels started reporting the deaths of two young girls in Uttar Pradesh. It lets her, and her readers, to look beyond the lurid headlines and to shatter easy assumptions around poverty, crime, and gender. The book offers Faleiro, an accomplished journalist, an opportunity to spend four years following up on a hot-button news story. Sonia Faleiro’s new book, The Good Girls: an ordinary killing, investigates the death of two young girls in Badaun district, Uttar Pradesh. ![]() A shorter version of this review also appeared on ![]()
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