INDIA-RAPE-POLITICS-WOMEN-SELF DEFENCE

An Indian instructor (2R) shows a self defence technique to a school girl during a self-defence classes at a school in Mumbai on January 4, 2013. After nearly three weeks of lurid reporting on a horrifying gang-rape in New Delhi, women in the Indian capital say they are more anxious than ever, leading to a surge in interest in self-defence classes. AFP PHOTO/ PUNIT PARANJPE