You have a Facebook friend living in another country and s/he is curious to learn about a major news item in your country. Write a letter to your Facebook friend. In your letter describe a news story in your country explain why people are interested in it say how the story personally relates to you You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear ..., You should write at least 150 words.

Dear Nikita, I'm so happy to hear from you other than

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platform. I read about the news that you mentioned in your letter. I quickly turned on the news channel on my television set after reading your letter and was taken aback by

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tragic incident. The anchor described that Nirbhaya (victim) was heading alone from college to her hostel.

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poor girl was kidnapped by a group of men who later raped her aggressively.

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was shocking to me as I live in the same country.

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news has now spread like a

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because the victim is currently in the hospital who is barely surviving. The public

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interested to know whether she will be able to make

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not.

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, most of us are keen to know when will the police arrest the offenders?

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article has particularly affected me a lot. As you know, I live in a hostel and travel late hours after finishing my shift. I feel daunted travelling alone because I feel very unsafe now. I wish the government provides special facilities to females like us so that we are free to move around the city at any hour. I advise you to keep a pepper spray with you and be safe. Warmest regards, Pallavi