Swara Bhaskar is not only known for acing her roles but also for voicing opinions on various social issues related to women’s safety and education. The actress who has received a lot of appreciation for her work in the film ‘Nil Battey Sannata’ recently did a campaign against child sexual abuse. The initiative called Hindi Kavita features the actress reading a poem written by director Manish Gupta which talks about innocent children being fooled and abused by adults.
Swara says “when the people behind the project shared their data with me, which stated that every other kid is abused, I was shocked. There was no way I could have turned away from such a cause”.
In a recent interview regarding her campaign against the child sexual abuse, Swara said “Child sexual abuse is prevalent in our society to an unimaginable extent. I felt I should raise my voice and do whatever I can to increase awareness about it. People don’t want to talk about it. Most incidents are dismissed. Many kids don’t even realize what has happened to them. Many are unable to verbalize their trauma. As a society, we have to take away the burden of shame from the child and put it on the perpetrator”.
Swara added that through this video, children should be encourage to come out and speak about the issue so as to eradicate this shameful stigma from our society.
Watch the video here :
