India's Daughter

After much speculation, the highly controversial documentary, India’s Daughter, makes its way to the World Wide Web. Banned in India, the documentary focuses on the rape case of Jyoti Singh who was brutally beaten and raped in Delhi in 2012.

The documentary highlights the aftermath of the event as well as a one on one interview with assailant Mukesh Singh. While BBC was in high hopes of releasing the video on television for Women’s Day (March 8th), heavy protests against Mukesh Singh’s lack of remorse and despicable comments lead the the ban of the documentary in India. The documentary is directed by Leslee Udwin. 

 

Other links to watch the documentary:-
1. http://urbanasian.com/whats-happenin/2015/03/bbc-releases-indias-daughter-on-youtube/
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W6WrShqKGE

The response to the documentary:

Oh, so you feel bad about the melancholy that happened? The obvious outrage of the entire nation against that Nirbhaya rapist is quite appalling, indeed. But are you taken aback? Can you tell me why? Because he didn’t do anything wrong. The authority plans to take strict action against the maker of the documentary on Nirbhaya and furthermore banning it, since it “may” hurt sentiments of some people. The rapist spoke what his mind was induced with and so is half of the nation’s. He spoke for millions who think and believe, in the same way. The rapist helped us in defying what we preach, didn’t he? So to speak, I absolutely adore the irony that lies beneath the rotten carpets of plight and disgrace, everyone is walking on so gracefully.
However, there are some men and women who are loud enough to break the barriers of mediocrity and come clean. Javed Akhtar expounded his thoughts at the drop of a hat, which, in fact, remains peculiar to many ears who were listening to it.

And just when the listeners at the Parliament House thought that he had bit off more than he could chew, Kirron Kher spoke some words of wisdom too.

Her idea is to deliver security and the sense of being safe at all times. The paradoxical nature of this need is that, it should be coming without having to ask for it. She reached the state of utmost vexation after hearing the disgraceful speeches of those, who have been sentenced to death because of the crime and yet fear nothing.

What carried me through this video was the guiding light of Javed Akhtar and Kirron Kher, especially at a laudable platform like that. They say that the beginning is always the hardest, but I reckon that it has already begun.

Source:  urbanasian.com, youtube.com, storypick.com