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Here's additional information on the issue of rape in India:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_India

The data on the wikipedia page raises a question. It shows that the number of rapes per 100 000 is about 1/4th that of the US.

Now I assume a lot of that is due to unreporting, but is rape really that much more common in India? Anecdotal evidence suggest it is.

It reminds me of crime in Canada vs. the US. The US has almost 10x the population, so if you think about something like school shootings (of which there have been quite a few in Canada), you'd expect 10x of them in the US.

I am quite sure a much larger number of rapes in India go unreported. Women are discouraged from reporting such cases, specially in rural areas. Most of India is rural. The few which do get reported are probably the ones affecting mid-to-upper class people in cities, or the few brave women who dared.

I live in Canada and I read the newspapers almost daily. Canadian school shootings are rare, rare enough to be reported coast to coast when they happen. I know of only one this year, in the north. The US truly has more than 10X the number of shootings, as documented in the movie Bowling for Columbine. (and other places) This difference is due to a different gun culture. (I would guess the rape cultures are equal)

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