Reports, debates and analyses have been pouring in about the murder of a 16-year-old by her boyfriend. She was stabbed many times and finally bludgeoned to death. This brutality has shocked a nation, unfortunately inured to a certain extent, to violence against women.

There have been several observations about passers-by refusing to intervene, and some accusations about videos being shot on phones. While only some of this is corroborated, this is not to sit in judgment about reactions or lack thereof.