The NCRB data for 2016 marked a 2.9 per cent increase in gender crime compared to 2015. Sadly, while the US media, politics and entertainment witnessed a purge, India’s regional film industries, and Bollywood, remained immune to the aftershocks. Like Hollywood, it’s a male-dominated system where sexual favours are demanded in lieu of roles and a refusal means missing the ticket to stardom. Thus, for the victims speaking up could amount to bidding goodbye to a career for which they had virtually staked everything. Bollywood’s awakening is a far cry because washing dirty linen in public is a dangerous affair.

Source: dna December 08, 2017 01:41 UTC