“How are all the details relevant to the case and the actual crime? When it is a case of an upper class woman, there is a titillating curiosity and over interest in her life. Her life becomes a free for all.”
On the media attention on Indrani Mukerjea, as quoted in " The Maria Connection http://www.outlookindia.com/article/the-maria-connection/295258" Outlook India (6 September 2015)
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Original: La donna interessante rapisce la mente, ha una personalità ribelle. I suoi occhi, le sue labbra ed il suo volto diventano una condanna... perché sanno di mistero.
Source: prevale.net