If the young doc felt targetted for a year, there should have been continual pressure to make voices heard. Family should have intervened much strongly, and an absolute non-negotiable attitude was needed to what reports state, was a repeated disagreement to grant them an audience. A complaint if not followed up should be zealously pursued. While one cannot always guarantee what will come out of the complaint, it is time for family and friends too to realise that if one is not getting a response from a certain avenue, push through with others. At the last, there is always the police to complain to.

In the doc's case, we do not see the steady escalation. The casteist slurs should have been unacceptable, and if there was a complaint, the police would have acted on that. Be courageous and absolutely convinced that the path you take will be fraught with disappointment but you will need to follow it tenaciously. One has seen hesitation and trepidation in taking on the harassment. For those who the doc told about her harassment, it will be a lifetime of regret for not pushing or fighting hard enough. Fight the good fight and escalate it if there is no response.

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