Wishing away Indias culture of rape

March 05, 2015 09:26

On March 3, the Delhi police registered a First Information Report against filmmaker Leslee Udwin for her documentary India's Daughter on rape in the country, and on March 4, following the night of news shows railing against the documentary, a Delhi court stopped its broadcast, and the Union government warned television channels against airing it.

Issues of freedom of expression apart, the documentary, including its interviews with convicted rapists, needs to be aired and watched so that we do not continue to misdiagnose the roots of sexual violence in India and focus on fixing the wrong things.

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