Anoushka Shankar on why it was important to share her story of sexual abuse

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As one billion people rise across the globe making a powerful statement against violence and sexual abuse of women, sitarist Anoushka Shankar's confession that she had been sexually abused as a child by a family friend struck a chord with millions. "It suddenly felt like a moment in time where perhaps my telling my story might help grow the movement," she told NDTV.

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