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by lenkite 2959 days ago
"India is quite violent"? India is middle of the pack in that table and less violent than the united states.
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It's not violent like countries caught in the drug wars, but a single number fails to give the whole picture: in India a lot of the violence is targeting lower castes and religious minorities (Muslims, Christians, Sikhs)[1], sometimes with the (more or less overt) approval of the current ruling party (BJP -- Hindu nationalists). A recent shocking example is the gang rape and murder of an 8 year old Muslim girl: although most of the country was horrified by this, some of the demonstrations were in favour of the accused, and for the charges to be dropped[2].

So yes, when the ruling party basically deliberately targets minorities, I would qualify that country as "quite violent".

[1] https://qz.com/959802/india-is-the-fourth-worst-country-in-t...

[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/an-8-year-... -- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/world/asia/india-child-ra...