A dream destroyed

• Fatal gang rape shatters family’s hopes for future

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press • An Indian participates in a candlelight vigil to mourn the death of a gang rape victim in New Delhi, India. The sadness enveloped her father as he talked of his daughter, who died at a Singapore hospital on Dec. 29, after she was gang-raped in a moving bus in New Delhi in De...

NEW DELHI—Her parents called her “bitiya,” or little daughter. She was her family’s biggest hope. In a country where women are routinely pushed into subservience, this 23-year-old who dreamed of becoming a doctor was going to lift them out of poverty.

Published: 02/04/2013