Khusbhoo wins, SC scraps cases against her - India - ibnlive

Khusbhoo wins, SC scraps cases against her - India - ibnlive

I am happy that this stupid set of cases against the actress have been scraped by the court. The entire controversy was created around a statement she had made few years back in typical Tamil politics style, questioning her life style, her origins, etc. the way every Tamil political issue is fought, with neither dignity to the individual nor any clarity of the issue.

I had earlier blogged that we should appreciate her statement of safe pre-marital sex as a matter of concern, considering the large amount of abortion and other medical cases that are registered (and many more never registered) in Tamilnadu including in the backyard of one of the perpetrators of the tirade against her and the then health minister, Anbumani Ramdoss (who changed his stand later).

The core issue still remains unanswered, we have not tried to understand women's health issues related to pre-marital sex, and the consequences of the same. For a young women victim to be subjected to every 'cultural' and 'moral' evaluation by jobless politicians is cruelty and against her human rights to say the least.

I hope Khusboo (and others like her) will use this occasion to further raise the debate on this issue that can result in some action.