Kolsky, E. (2010). ‘The Body Evidencing the Crime’: Rape on Trial in Colonial India, 1860 – 1947. Gender and History. 22(1), 109-130.

This timeline summarizes important themes and concepts that I learnt from reading the article titled, “‘The Body Evidencing the Crime’: Rape on Trial in Colonial India, 1860 – 1947.” I noted that stigma attached to reporting rape has been prevalent since the colonial times. Prejudicial practices such as viewing rape victims as suspects who are prone to raising false accusations and assessing their history and social class/ status are still common in the judicial system of Pakistan.