One
of
the
most
horrifying
experiences
was
shared
by
Vinta
Nanda
where
she
alleged
some
really
shocking
details
about
Alok
Nath
raping
and
harassing
her.
You
have
worked
with the
man
in
question
in
your
TV
show,
'Kuch
Toh
Log
Kahenge'.
How
has
your
interaction
been
with
him
in
the
past?
I
will
just
say
the
truth
in
the
sense
that,
I
have
never
personally
encountered
anything
with
him.
He
was
very
respectful
and
all
that,
at
least
in
the
working
environment
on
my
sets.
I
had
shot
quite
a
few
scenes
with
him.
I
personally
didn't
encounter
anything
like
this.
But
that's
my
experience.
I
also
read
this
thing
about
him
on
Monday.
I
read
the
articles
and
even
went
through
Vinta
Nanda's
Facebook
post.
It's
appalling
and
so
shocking
in
the
sense
that,
this
had
details
and I
am
just
thinking
what
she
must
have
gone
through
and
the
fact
that
she
held
on
to
it
for
so
long.
She
also
spoke
about
how
she
tried
to
write
about
it
in
the
past
and then
she
lost
work.
The
kind
of
toil
it
must
have
taken
on her
is
almost
giving
me
the
chills.
Referring
to
her
Facebook
post,
Vinta
mentioned
that
it
was
a
'now
or
a
never'
moment
for
her.
Still
there
were
a
certain
section
of
people
who
questioned
her
as
to
why
she
is
speaking
after
20
years.
I
am
tired
with
this
debate
around,
'Why
are
people
speaking
up
now?'
It is
one
of
the
most
ridiculous
ones.
This
is
not
what
we
need
to
discuss.
Instead,
we
need
to
discuss
what
and
why
it
happened,
how
can
we
stop
it,
how
can
we
make
it
safer
and
how
do
we
get
justice
for
these
people.
It's
so
irrelevant
to
ask,
'Why
are
they
saying
it
now?'
Of
course,
they
are
saying
this
now
because
the
environment
is
such
now.
Now
is
the
time
when
people
are
actually
hearing
these
stories. Otherwise,
people
have
been
dismissed
in
the
past.
There
have
been
so
much
instances.
Even
Tanushree
Dutta
tried
to
say
it
then
and
she
was
shut
down.
I
even
read something
about
Mamta
Kulkarni.
Whenever
people
have
tried
to
say
these
things
in
the
past,
they
haven't
been
taken
seriously.
They
have
been
shut
down
or
shamed.
If
we
continue
to
shame
people
today
for
coming
out
with
the
truth
then,
we
are
at
fault.
So,
I
don't
think
this
whole
argument
only
holds as to why
somebody
is
telling
this
today.
This
friend
of
mine
went
through
something
like
child
abuse
when
she
was
in
her
early
teens.
She's
happily
married
now.
But
even
after
so
many
years
later,
it
has
come
back
to
haunt
her.
It
has
come
and
gone
but
that
person
has
been
presently
triggered
by
something.
She
is
taking
therapy
today
as
she's
getting
all
kinds
of
thoughts.
She's
really
affected
by
that
whole
thing.
If
today
she
wants
to
talk
about
it
and
has
the
support
system
to
be
able
to
talk
about
it,
we
should
encourage
such
people
and
respect
the
fact
that
they
have
opened
up.
Vinta
Nanda
has
clearly
written
what
all
she
went
through
in
the
last
so
many
years.
Nobody
would
take
this
upon
themselves.
I
hope
it's
cathartic
and
it
helps.
I
hope
it's
therapeutic
when
people
can
at
least
come
out
and
say
that
this
is
what
happened
with
them
and
release
it
out
of
their
system.
I
can't
even
imagine
what
the
women
who
have
held
on
to
something
like
this
for
so
many
years
have
been
feeling
and
how
they have
been
living with
it.
Are
you
aware
of
Alok
Nath's
reaction
to
Vinta
Nanda's
allegations?
I
haven't
read
his
reactions
yet.
Though
I
did
see
a
couple
of
headlines
where
it
read
that
he
neither
accepts
nor
denies
these
allegations.
To
begin
with,
he
made
some
shocking
statements
like,
'We
only
have
to
hear
to
women's
stand
because
they
are
considered
weak'
and
'It
was
me
who
made
her
what
she
is.'
What's
your
take
on
this?
Frankly,
I
don't
want
to
react
to
his
statements.
Because
again,
the
reaction
doesn't
matter
to
me.
At
this
point,
what
matters
to
me
is
if
something
as
grave
as
this
has
happened
to
somebody
then
what
are
we
doing
about
it.
And
the
fact
that
now
it's
the
time
to
come
out
and
people
are
naming
and
shaming
people. They
are
from all
walks
of
life
including
journalists,
writers,
artists.
They
have
taken
names
of
people
who
have
harassed
them
or
given
them
a
tough
time
at
work.
So
many
of
them
are
putting
their
personal
lives
out
there
to
encourage
somebody
else
and
with
this
movement
to
make
people
realize
that
this
exists. Sexual
harassment is
rampant
and
we
have
do
something
about
it.
I
have
also
read
threads
on
Twitter
which
are
like
manuals
of
trying
to
explain
consent
to
people
which
some
of
them
don't
understand.
Sometimes
even
if
they
understand,
they
just
abuse
as
they
are
in
the
position
of
power
and
they
go
ahead
and
exploit
anyway.
That's
wrong
and
we
need
to
be
held
accountable.
That's
what
we
need
to
worry
about.
Everybody
is
going
to
say
something
in
their
defence
or
react
or
whatever.
Frankly,
I
am
not
bothered
about
that.
I
don't
want
to
react
to
it
or
validate
responses.
The
idea
is
not
to
just
keep
having
an
ongoing
debate.
Instead,
the
idea
is
to
first
talk
about
it
and
then
take
some
action.
What
would
you
like
to
tell
these
women
who
have
finally
found
the
guts
to
open
up
and
share
their
#MeToo
stories
with
the
world?
I
think
it's
very
gutsy
to
be
able
to
share
something
very
personal
and
dark.
It's
like
exposing
your
vulnerable
side
to
the
world.
At
times,
we
ain't
able
to
do
that
even
with
our
closed
ones.
It's
hatsoff
to
be
able
to
come
out
and
write
this
anonymously
or
not,
to
put
it
out
in
the
public
domain,
to
be
able
to
name
and
face
your
demons.
Recently,
I
had
to
make
an
appearance
at
a
beauty
events
show.
Another
story
had
broken
that
same
day.
I
am
telling
you,
I
am
a
distinct
person...it's
not
like
it's
my
or
my
friend's
story.
Still, I
was
so
affected
and
pissed
off.
I
didn't
feel
like
even
dressing
up
and
going
or
just
celebrating
anything
or
celebrating
myself
as
a
woman
that
day.
I
stand
with
everybody
who
has
the
courage
and
even
with
those
who
haven't
been
able
to
say
it
at
this
point,
but
have
gone
through
something
like
this.
Hats
off
to
them
and
their
spirit.
The
fact
that
they
have
led
beautiful
lives
and
today,
they
are
ready
to
erase
this
forever.
It's
high
time
that
people
are
named
and
these
things
are
not
just
restricted
to
rumours
and
spoken
in
hushed
tones.
Now,
it's
out
there
and
people
are
talking
about
it.
Now,
the
wrongdoers
need
to
be
held
accountable.
But
then,
there
will
be
men
out
there
who
will
say
that
now
we
are
scared
about
how
a
woman
would
react
to
things...
It's
just
ridiculous.
That's
just
a
hi,
welcome
to
our
world.
We
have
lived
scared
all
our
lives
being
women so
please!
I
don't
understand
now
why
men
are
scared
that
any
girl
can
turn
around
and
say
whatever.
Women
are
not
stupid.
I
feel
digusted
that
people
would
just
disregard
or
discredit
somebody's
story
or
their
account
of
what
they
are
saying.
They
might
say,
'allegations
are
allegations
till
they
are
proven.'
That
way
you
choose
to
believe
this
side
of
the
story
and
I
choose
the
other
one.
So
for
now,
let's
just
listen.
I
really
hope
that
this
keeps
going.
I
hope
it
transcends
from
Twitter
to
other
places
and
things.
I
am
really
happy
that
even
the
media
is
covering
these
stories.
Otherwise,
such
movements
just
end
up
restricted
to
social
media.
Well,
It's
not
just
the
entertainment
industry.
There
have
been
revelations
made
in
the
advertising
and
journalism
world as
well...
Oh
yes.
In
fact
many
journalists
have
been
called
out.
Even
comedians
and
writers.
I
read
the
entire
Chetan
Bhagat
account
as
well.
I
have
been
reading
every
single
thing.
It
exists
in
all
walks
of
life
and
right
now,
people
are
talking
about
sexual
harassment
at
work.
There
are
so
many
who
go
through
this
in
their
domestic
lives
as
well.
It's
only
when
influencers
and
celebrities
and
people
start talking
about
it
that
these
guys
would
get
the
encouragement
to
be
able
to
come
out
and
talk.
Most
of
times,
these
survivors are
hesistant
about
how
their
parents
and
people
surrounding
them
would
react
to
their
stories. Do
you
believe the
reason
why
some
of
them
are
chosing
to
remain
anonymous
is
because
they
fear
any
repercussions
of
their
relevations?
Exactly
because
that's
what
has
happened
all
this
while.
Right
now,
for
people
who
are
speaking
up,
they
are
being
questioned
as
to
why
are
they
opening
up
after
so
many
years
later.
Who
wants
to
be
in
that
position
and
who
wants
to
be
engaged
in
legal
battles
all
their
lives?
So,
there
are
people
who
maybe
chose
to
be
anonymous.
If
that
solves
their
purpose
then
it's
fine.
It's
up
to
them.
It's
their
personal
prerogative.
Because
we
have
normalize
this
kind
of
victim-shaming
and
this
whole
casual
sexism
and
inppropriate
behaviour.
I
think
now
is
the
time
to
normalize
people
talking
about
it
and
coming
out
and
people
opposing
wrong
behaviour.
That
needs
to
be
normalize
so
that
there's
no
more
stigma
and
people
can
actually
say
their
story.
But
don't
you
think the impact
is
more
when
a
Bollywood
celebrity
makes
that
point?
I
know
that,
which
is
why
we
are
now
expecting
our
icons,
actors
to
talk.
We
are
expecting
the
A-listers
to
talk.
That's
why
the
conversation
and
I
don't
think
that's
a
wrong
expectation
to
have.
In
our
country,
we
really
worship
our
celebrities,
we
look
up
to
them
and
I
know
that
anything
that
they
say
automatically
sets
a
tone
and
a
trend.
So,
people
need
to
be
trendsetters
beyond
fashion
and
say
these
things.
In
fact,
so
many
of
them
have.
I
watched
Sonam
Kapoor's
talking
about
it and
Ranveer
Singh-Deepika
Padukone's
conclave...they
have
all
spoken
about
it.
They
ain't
shying
away
now.