 "\"I am not the Park Street rape victim. I am Suzette Jordan\": Twitter mourns her untimely death")
Suzette Jordan’s stereotype-defying statement in an interview to BBC in 2013 reveals her zeal to live a free life despite going through a terrible tragedy. She died at the age of 40, on Friday morning of a combination of meningitis and encephalitis in a hospital in Kolkata. [caption id=“attachment_2152783” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]
Youtube grab from Suzette’s Satyamev Jayate interview.[/caption] Her tragedy was no short of controversies. From West Bengal’s
CM calling her an enemy of the state
, to people pointing fingers at her moral character, calling her an escort and prostitute, Suzette’s life was no cake walk. Her friend, and gay-rights activist Harish Iyer revealed in a heart-warming letter that, “India killed Suzette. You killed her.” Social media had similar reactions:
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