Statistics say that every hour 2 women are raped in India. Surely this number can in no way explain why the Bus rape case has attracted so much attention. Delhites were up in arms. Newspapers were full of every juicy titbit that they could search out. Newsreaders went ballistic, panelists screamed out their points of view on every channel. The youth took to the streets and were burning public property and the police were having a field day, water cannoning and lathi charging the protesters. So my question is: Why was this rape different from the others? Rapes more dastardly that this one have happened before. A quick google search reveals an endless list of high profile rape cases. Kashmir Kunan Poshpora incident (1991) Shopian rape and murder case (2009) Kerala Suryanelli rape case (1996) Kiliroor Sex Scandal (2003) Maharashtra Aruna Shanbaug case (1973) Jalgaon rape case (circa 1982-1994) Mathura rape case (1974-1981) Tulasa Thapa (1982) Manipur Thang