Numerous Bollywood celebs like Shekhar Kapur, Farhan Akhtar,
Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan have sturdily condemned the molestation
of women on New Year's day in Bangalore. Added to it was the shocking
incident that came to light on Tuesday night when a video footage captured by a
CCTV camera showed a young woman being molested on the streets as passersby
stood and watched.
The crime grew further when certain politicians blamed the
girls for wearing 'Western' clothes. Malaika Arora Khan so took to Instagram to
share a deep and chilling message, which effectively conveys her thoughts on
the issue. Read on...
"So, I went out with my girlfriends to party on the
crowded streets of a Metropolitan city, they came out in large numbers and
molested us...... But my safety is my responsibility so... The next time I went
to a discotheque, it was enclosed and had bouncers, they came into the place
and beat us up and ripped our clothes off.......But my safety is my
responsibility so.... I went to a movie with a Male friend for company, they
pushed me into a bus and shoved an iron rod inside my privates.......But my
safety is my responsibility, so...... I went to my college, fully clad in a
"decent" salwaar kameez, they caught me around a corner and squeezed
my bum......But my safety is my responsibility, so...... I decided to stay at
home in the comfort of my own house, they broke down the door, tied me up and
videotaped the things they made me do with them.......But my safety is my
responsibility, so...... I went back to live with my family feeling safe and
secure with them, they were my uncles but they didn't think of me as their niece
when they made me take off my clothes and have their way with me.......But my
safety is my responsibility, so....... These days I sit in the bathroom, locked
tight, not coming out at all. They stand on the terrace opposite to it peeking
in through the bathroom window, but I don't take a bath.......because my safety
is my responsibility....... Now, they have me exactly where they have always
wanted me, my spirit broken, my ability to fight back gone, my will to do
something destroyed.....at their mercy.....still stuck in the
bathroom.....dreading the time when the knocking starts on the door as they
come to get me here too."
"I am that Indian Woman who can excel at sports, win
medals for the Country, join the Army, become a CEO, go to the outer space and
be the talk of the world.....only if I can come out of this bathroom......But
my safety is my responsibility, so.... Disclaimer: Girls wearing short clothes
and drinking and partying are copying the Western culture. Boys who molest them
r copying the Indian culture???"
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