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Need to look for specific and immediate actions Frustration, indignation and deep sense of injustice is pervasive – not only in Delhi, but all around. Suddenly, media has started a new page (often runs into more than one page) devoted to violence against women from all over the country. It is depressing and deeply troubling to know of so many cases from all over the country, reported daily. News bits that may have been scattered in different pages or not reported earlier in the media are now being consolidated in one place, almost like a section after the protests in Delhi.  One thing is clear – we need to go beyond the infirmities in laws to tackle the problem. There is pathetic failure in dealing with the culprits. In most cases, while the silent majority is agitated, the culprits (known to all) roam freely looking for the next victim with impunity. The trials (fast track or routine) proceed without proper witnesses. They end mostly without conviction. This is th