Rapes have increased like crazy in India; everyday, newspapers are filled with news about such cases.
Many actors and important personalities have condemned these rapes; recent one to raise her voice against this is actress Mallika Sherawat. Mallik’s nature is frank and straight-forward and during the screening of “Daas Dev”, she didn’t hesitate speaking about such cases too.
However, Mallika’s words didn’t go down pretty well with people. In her words,
“I think what’s happening with women and children of this country is absolutely shameful. From the land of Gandhi, we have become a land of gang rapists and I think it’s the media in the country that is really a strong force today. So all hopes are pinned on the media.”
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She added,
“If it’s not in the media, then nobody would know about these cases. I think because of pressure from the media, these new laws have been enforced. So we are really thankful to the media for this. We haven’t been able to protect women and children of our country and I have been reading about such kind of crimes on a daily basis in newspapers.”
Mallika’s statement, “Land of rapists” was slammed by many. Twitter was angry because she called India a raping land. Here are some angry reactions;
Why?
Why indian media asking mallika sehrawat' point of view on rape…She changed her nationality…
— anupsingh (@anupchahar96) April 16, 2018
Is it?
She must have been telling this as she surely had an adventurous casting ( couch)sessions with how mny she dont know evn, so her views r
— AMAR (@aps0302) April 26, 2018
Choose words carefully!
https://twitter.com/RuchiKom/status/989439584390926336
Well, people didn’t appreciate the way she passed this statement. What do you have to say about this?