Washington: Rape is not just India's problem but a global issue over which "there is a conspiracy of silence," the director of a national award-winning film based on the events following the 2012 Delhi gangrape has said.
"We did made notorious headlines (after Nirbhaya's rape). We were being perceived as the rape capital of the world. That is not true. Let's not paint everyone with the same brush," said Vibha Bakshi, the director of 'Daughters of Mother India' which won the 62nd National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues.
"If there is something very bad that has happened, that does not make us the rape capital. That's why I say let's look at it as a global issue. It's every body's problem," Ms Bakshi said after the screening of the documentary at the Indian Embassy.
"Everyone felt hope is necessary. The change is not going to be dramatic. It's not going to be overnight. But it will happen," she added.
Her documentary film also won the Best Documentary Award at the New York Indian Film Festival.
While there is violence of this nature in the public domain, the violence within the private domain, within families is also a problem, Mr Singh said.
"We did made notorious headlines (after Nirbhaya's rape). We were being perceived as the rape capital of the world. That is not true. Let's not paint everyone with the same brush," said Vibha Bakshi, the director of 'Daughters of Mother India' which won the 62nd National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues.
"If there is something very bad that has happened, that does not make us the rape capital. That's why I say let's look at it as a global issue. It's every body's problem," Ms Bakshi said after the screening of the documentary at the Indian Embassy.
"Everyone felt hope is necessary. The change is not going to be dramatic. It's not going to be overnight. But it will happen," she added.
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Her documentary film also won the Best Documentary Award at the New York Indian Film Festival.
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While there is violence of this nature in the public domain, the violence within the private domain, within families is also a problem, Mr Singh said.
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