After an unconscionably long delay of seven days, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh finally broke his incomprehensible silence about the rape. But his public statement offered no answers and no balm – indeed, nothing but platitudes.
在经历了冷漠无情的七天后，总理辛格终于打破了令人费解的沉默。但他的公开讲话并不构成强奸案的答案，也起不了镇抚人心的作用——事实上，这全是一番陈词滥调。接着，辛格做了令人汗颜的动作：他轻声问随从说：“这么说对吗？”