Uber case, Nirbhaya case… We as a society have always barked up the wrong tree. We wanted to ban Uber. Of course Uber cannot be absolved. Now we ban the documentary. I have always said in the past too that the problem is much deeper than Uber or a documentary. It is a societal problem.

We need to change that. It will take a generation though. Parents, educational institutions will have to imbibe that into their kids since childhood. Thanks to the documentary that actually makes the pervert and sickening societal mindset obvious and spells it aloud and clear. And it is just not the mind of the rapist. The lawyer is an equal accomplice. And you cannot fault the lawyer and the rapist alone.

Equally at fault are their parents, the schools they went to, the society they were brought up in… We have to change that. Rather than changing this societal mindset, we are good at shooting the messengers (the documentary makers) or passing the buck.

I have come across many women who say that they cannot live in India any more. Some want to move to Singapore (the place is safe). Yes, they can move, because they can afford. But, what about others who cannot move? Places like Singapore can’t afford a population of 1.3 billion (or 50 odd million women, assuming 50% or so of Indian population are women).

We want to shift the blame, find scapegoats or run away. But we do not want to be the catalyst for that change. While the documentary should be allowed to be shown to highlight the ills in the society, it should in fact be followed up with an educated effort to highlight that it is a sickening thought which has no place — not even in the animal Kingdom. We need to do that. No one from outside is going to come to do that for us… We will ourselves have to bring that change. Educate our children, our brothers, our sisters…