There’s an interesting story about what happened after this article was published.
Dhanya and Chitra, both messaged me separately, telling me that their reporter had cancer and the morning they wrote this copy, they had chemo. The reporter wrote the “real name” in the copy. The editor, who was also unwell, changed without “thinking much” since the editor was also unwell.
Both of them asked me, “imagine how she feels now. She has cancer”.
I asked then how cancer had anything to do with giving a Hindu name to a Muslim rapist - no answer. Just attempts to guilt trip.
I told them to get lost, of course.
Right. So you decided to be the ‘journalist’ who uses ‘representative imaginary Hindu name’ for a Muslim father accused of r@ping his daughter, eh
@dhanyarajendran?
Link to the story is given in comments if anyone is interested in the full details.