• Chozo@fedia.io
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        No, it’s a single word which could have feasibly been said by anybody involved in this story, and there’s no way to tell because the headline doesn’t attribute the quote.

        It’s editorializing, not a quote.

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          That’s not how quotes work. You can use individual words from someone as a quote. The number of words doesn’t matter when you’re quoting someone. You don’t have to quote the full sentence. It is not uncommon.

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            Why can’t the author say she was raped? Adding quotes means it is no longer a statement of fact, it becomes a report about someone’s account of what happened.

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      Plausible deniability to not get sued by not themselves making the claim but instead quoting the victim. A lack of integrity from the editors.

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    I say this without a hint of irony or exaggeration, but literally every single news article I’ve ever read that has mentioned Uttar Pradesh, has been about a rape occurring there, almost always involving children. What the fuck is happening there? Is there seriously such an unchecked rape epidemic going on, or are UP’s rape cases somehow being overrepresented in their media?

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        To give some perspective on how overcrowded it is, ppl talk about how California would have the 5th highest GDP if it was a separate country. Uttar Pradesh would have the 5th highest population if it was a separate country.

        Despite it’s high population, it has no industry except agriculture and doesn’t have a single large city. Its largest city and capital only has 4 million ppl. Bangladesh has 70% the population of Uttar Pradesh but its capital, Dhaka, is over twice as big. And Bangladesh is considered rural and poor.

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    8 days ago

    Could somebody familiar with Indian currency do an exchange rate? The converter I found said 5lak is only $.06 USD.

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      A lakh is 100,000.

      500,000 INR is $5900 USD or 5200 euros.

      I tried a purchasing power comparing website since goods and services are cheaper in India and salaries are lower. It says the purchasing power of 500,000 INR in India is equivalent to the purchasing power of $24,700 USD in the US.