Inspired Again

After reading and hearing a lot about Bollywood actress Sunny Leone’s recent interview I decided to watch it. To be honest my exposure to Bollywood movies in the last three years has been very limited and I have not seen much of Sunny Leone. Now that I am temporarily back in India I see a lot of her on TV but it has not been enough for me to form an opinion about the actress.

Her interview with Bhupender Chaube gave me an insight into the brave and fearless woman she is. I feel inspired again, inspired enough to write after several months. While on one side we want a lot for women in India such as safety, education and equality, on the other side knowingly and unknowingly we say things that may condemn a person for his/her past, at least that is what the interview demonstrated.

Not only the questions asked were unfair but were set up to diminish the dignity of the actress. What the interviewer did not realise is that he was questioning the dignity, the past, present and future of all the women of the country and blaming us for the growth of porn viewing in India. How can a single person be blamed for the corruption of young minds or for increasing porn viewing or for the way young Indians are exploring and expressing their sexuality? It is the same as saying a woman’s skirt is the cause of an increase in rapes, which is utter nonsense.

Sunny Leone was calm and graceful throughout the interview and I heard myself say this is inspirational stuff and it is up to us what we glean from the actress. From now on, whenever I see Sunny Leone on TV I will be reminded of the incredibly beautiful woman she is and her courage. I wish I could be half as collected as her when criticized or questioned. I’m definitely inspired again.