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India’s Daughter
The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put a ban on screening the documentary film “India’s Daughter” made by the British filmmaker Leslee Udwin.
“The film is political at its core and in some parts exposes how violence against women is structurally maintained by the Indian government and its institutions.
Another rape defense lawyer proudly claims on record that around 250 members of parliament have criminal cases related to murder, robbery and rape pending against them; therefore the government will not make any progress in this direction.
Two central narratives dominate the documentary film India’s Daughter: the trauma of rape and murder of a bright young woman against a belief embedded in the skeleton of society that it is women after all who invite what is done to them.
Meanwhile, a 28-year-old young man who waits the day he will be hung to death expresses that because women are sexually provocative creatures, it is their fault when they let themselves out on the streets because the instinctive nature of the male homo sapiens is to attack her.
At the end of the film, the parents of the murdered girl, Jyoti, offer profound hope by reflecting that their daughter’s name means ‘light’ and that even in death, Jyoti ignited a light in her country that continues to burn because the people have vowed to protest, to press for justice and equality for women.” (Source: “India’s Daughter: From Nonviolent Demonstrations to People’s Revolution”, Transcend.org, March 16, 2015)
