'Have Never Felt More Frightened', Anurag Kashyap's Daughter Shares Screenshots Of Rape Threats
Anurag Kashyap daughter Aaliyah Kashyap has not ventured into the world of films but she is subject to trolling already. In a post on Instagram, Aaliyah shared screenshots of rape threats and other disgusting comments she received for after she posted photos from her lingerie photoshoot. This affected her so much that she wanted to quit social media altogether. This also reminded her of the time when she was sexually assaulted as a minor by a m...Read More
A product of nepotism, this is what star kids are usually called. Their privileges of getting an easy launchpad in the industry often comes under the scanner but there is a lot that hides behind this glitz and glamour.
Anurag Kashyap daughter Aaliyah Kashyap has not ventured into the world of films but she is subject to trolling already, because she is popular as a star kid.
In a post on Instagram, Aaliyah shared screenshots of rape threats and other disgusting comments she received after she posted photos from her lingerie photoshoot. This affected her so much that she wanted to quit social media altogether.
This also reminded her of the time when she was sexually assaulted as a minor by a middle-aged man.
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"The past few weeks have been really hard on my mental health. Ever since I posted a photo of me in lingerie, I have been getting the most vile, degrading and disgusting comments. I have never felt more frightened than I have in the past few weeks to the point where I considered deleting my instagram. I have tried to ignore the harassment and shrug it off but the truth is that we need to speak about it because these kind of comments contribute to the rape culture that affects all women in India (and the rest of the world) in one way or the other," she wrote.
About the rape culture in the country, she wrote, "We seem to be a country that will hold candle marches for a woman after she¡¯s been sexually assaulted but won¡¯t protect a woman while she is alive. And the truth is women in India grow up being sexualized their whole lives. I have grown up with these kinds of comments to the point where it culminated into me being sexually assaulted as a minor by a middle-aged man. The double standard is that many of the people who have harassed me, along with many other woman, are hypocrites. They love to pretend that they're on a moral high ground but in reality, they are the ones promoting the rape culture that exists."
Also read: 'I Was Called A Prostitute' Aaliyah Kashyap On Receiving Abuses After Sharing Lingerie Pictures
Garima Satija leads the Entertainment vertical of Indiatimes. A storyteller at heart who enjoys the thrill of writing, she is sometimes found daydreaming about living the lives of movie characters. Also, she hates talking about herself in the third person.
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