VIEWS PERSONAL | She/her | Senior reporter/subeditor: @sportstarweb, @the_hindu | ex Indulge; TNIE, @mybcu |π₯ pitches to lavanya.ln@thehindu.co.in
May 30, 2023 β’ 17 tweets β’ 9 min read
Wrestlers full statement. For those who can't read Hindi:
You all saw what happened with us on 28 May, you saw the way the police behaved with us. The urgency with which we were arrested when we were peacefully demonstrating. 1/n
#WrestlersProtest
The police also swiftly took away our place of protest and ended up swiftly filing FIRs against us under serious sections.
Have us women wrestlers committed a crime by asking for justice after experience sexual harassment? 2/n
Had an infuriating conversation with my mumβs physio today about the #MeToo movement.
As she finished her treatment for mum, as part of her usual chats with me, she said today, βI am so tired of all this drama surrounding #Sabarimala and #MeTooIndiaβ
@IndiaMeToo#TimesUp
Excerpts: βIf something happened 25 years ago, why didnβt people speak up then? Why keep quiet? All for negative publicity now.β
Perhaps because the ostracisation that existed before isnβt as vicious today. Because finally, there are people to listen. #MeToo#TimesUp