A young girl in India resists her rapist, bombs in Pakistan’s Peshawar ruin Christmas for several locals, India and US seem to be inching towards a solution after a debate over an Indian diplomat’s treatment. Read more to know about the latest in women’s news.

Braveheart resists rape, crawls back home with disfigured face

“Kavitha is trained in yoga and karate, so she could resist, and almost thrashed him. But she couldn’t do much when he attacked her with a boulder,” said her distraught father. Kavitha lost five front teeth and suffered injuries on her head and eye. Read more here.

 Devastating church bombing haunts Christmas in Peshawar

For Christians in Pakistan’s troubled, violent northwestern city Peshawar, Christmas this year will be dominated by absent faces. Read more here.

Indian diplomat gets exemption from personal appearance in US court

India and the US may be moving towards a resolution of the stand-off over senior diplomat Devyani Khobragade’s case with the envoy getting exemption from personal appearance in a New York Court hearing visa fraud charges against her even as she got her accreditation to the UN headquarters. Read more here.

Ganguly writes to CJI, says due process of law denied to him

Justice (retired) Asok Kumar Ganguly has written to the Supreme Court saying that the due process of law was denied to him while dealing with the complaint of sexual harassment against him . Read more here.

The first woman painter of Bangladesh

Chitranibha Chowdhury was the first woman artist of Bangladesh. If she had lived, she would be a hundred years old on December 13. She was given the nickname Nibha Noni by Rabindranath Tagore who recognised her immense talent. She was born in 1913 in Chandpur. Read more here.