In a village in the Indian state of Jharkhand, Ranjit and his wife Jiganti keep vigil at night over their home, a simple dwelling with packed-earth floors.
If they don’t, anything could happen: Their neighbors have threatened to kill the couple and their children. Ranjit and Jiganti have done nothing to warrant such terror, other than to go against village customs.
After their 13-year-old daughter Kiran was sexually assaulted by three local youths, they resisted intense pressure to remain silent — to excuse the crime and the perpetrators.
Instead, they demanded justice. Their struggle plays out in the documentary To Kill a Tiger, directed by Nisha Pahuja and executive produced by a prominent team including Dev Patel, Mindy Kaling and Dr.
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