UNDERSTANDING "RAPE IN THE HOSPITAL" 85 impressed by the thrones, by the stage, impressed by the important-looking announcer singing into his microphone. But she had no songs to accompany what she saw. Nirmala sings happily of change. A year before that wedding, she shared with me a song about women’s new place in the village, about their increased freedom because of work now done by machines. pniy nikalel masniy duniy ajd bhail sajan mot mot dhotiy paharahi n jn duniy ajd bhail sajan Don’t know how to put on the thick-thick dhoti. [olden-style clothes] Girlfriend, the world has become free. Machines bring out the water. Girlfriend, the world has become free.