Anoushka Shankar has invited women via the website Change.org, to protest the violence against them
New Delhi:
Anoushka Shankar, daughter oflegendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, has thrown her weight behindan online campaign demanding an end to crime against women, inthe wake of the Delhi gang rape.
The 31-year-old sitarist has invited one billion womenand those who love them, via the website Change.org, to walkout, "Dance, rise up, and demand" an end to this violence thisValentine's Day, February 14.
"The campaign 'One Billion Rising' is a promise that wewill rise up with women and men worldwide to say, 'Enough! Theviolence ends now'," the website said.It also contains a video of Anoushka speaking out forwomen who have been victims of abuse and asking people to jointhe campaign.
"As a child I suffered sexual and emotional abuse forseveral years at the hands of a man my parents trustedimplicitly. Growing up, like most women I know, I sufferedvarious forms of groping, touching, verbal abuse and otherthings I didn't know how to deal with, I didn't know I couldchange," said the Indian composer, now living in London.
"As a woman I find I am frequently living in fear. Afraidto walk alone at night, afraid to answer a man who asks forthe time... and enough is enough. I am rising, for (the Delhirape victim) and women like her. I am rising with the amazingwomen of my country. I am rising for the child in me, who Idon't think will ever forgive and recover from what happenedto her.
"So, join me, let's rise, let's dance. Dance has thepower to heal, to transform. So let's transform ourselves andthis world. Let's rise together," she added.
The 31-year-old sitarist has invited one billion womenand those who love them, via the website Change.org, to walkout, "Dance, rise up, and demand" an end to this violence thisValentine's Day, February 14.
"The campaign 'One Billion Rising' is a promise that wewill rise up with women and men worldwide to say, 'Enough! Theviolence ends now'," the website said.It also contains a video of Anoushka speaking out forwomen who have been victims of abuse and asking people to jointhe campaign.
"As a child I suffered sexual and emotional abuse forseveral years at the hands of a man my parents trustedimplicitly. Growing up, like most women I know, I sufferedvarious forms of groping, touching, verbal abuse and otherthings I didn't know how to deal with, I didn't know I couldchange," said the Indian composer, now living in London.
"As a woman I find I am frequently living in fear. Afraidto walk alone at night, afraid to answer a man who asks forthe time... and enough is enough. I am rising, for (the Delhirape victim) and women like her. I am rising with the amazingwomen of my country. I am rising for the child in me, who Idon't think will ever forgive and recover from what happenedto her.
"So, join me, let's rise, let's dance. Dance has thepower to heal, to transform. So let's transform ourselves andthis world. Let's rise together," she added.
