Film critic, journalist
Ex ResidentEditor, AsianAge, Delhi
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Aug 4 • 25 tweets • 6 min read
As 5 Indian women wrestlers — @Phogat_Vinesh, @OlyAntim, #AnshuMalik, #NishaDahiya & #ReetikaHooda – get ready to take on opponents at @Paris2024, this is a #Thread on the harassment & threats that women wrestler have faced since they accused @b_bhushansharan of sexual harassment
This story, on what the aftermath of women standing up against powerful men like @b_bhushansharan looks like one year after the protests, police complaint of sexual harassment, was commissioned and edited by @AJEnglish’s @CharuKasturi
I won't comment on @iamPayalGhosh’s allegations of sexual assault against @anuragkashyap72 as that is something he will have to deal with.
I will, however, say that I stand with #PayalGhosh's right to call out her perpetrator.
But...
...I have a problem when, in her video statement, #PayalGhosh herself assaults and maligns 3 other women... When, in her narration of the incident, she states a few baseless things abt @RichaChadha@MahieGillOnline#HumaQureshi as if they were facts...