Sexual assault, harrasment is a topic that disturbs us all and is growing at an alarming rate in India. The metoo wave from Hollywood, when hit India, encouraged many to come out and share their stories and incidents when they experienced something similar in their lives. This time, when Deepika Padukone entered the Bigg Boss house to promote her film Chhapak, the contestants in the Bigg Boss house could not stop themselves from opening up about their stories, their deep secrets that hit a chord with many in the nation. From Madhurima Tuli to Rashami Desai, here is what the contestants shared.
Arti shared that she was almost raped by her domestic help. She said that this happened in her house in Lucknow. the actress "fought back strongly and jumped off the second floor of my building thinking of it as the only way to rescue herself."
She added that post that she started having panic attacks and slipped into depression later but her family supported her and she came out like a winner."
Madhurima shared that while she was growing up, her tuition teacher tried to touch her "inappropriately and found out that it was a repeated behaviour."
The actress added that it didn’t take her long to realise that the "man tried to take advantage by sending her brother off to fetch a glass of water or something else so that he could be left alone with Madhurima."
Madhurima shared that she "sensed the behaviour and informed her parents about it who supported me throughout."
When she was born, her mother had to take a lot of nonsense for producing a girl child. The actress shared that she was taunted a lot by her family members.
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Rashami Desai was also called "wretched", a reason why she thought it is a "sin to be a girl". Amidst this she shared that she ate poison one day after which she told her aunt and was then rushed to the hospital and treated.
Vishal shared on the reality tv show that he was molested by at least three men when he was just nine years of age. It became worse when his father beat him when he first told him about it. After this he could not talk about this incident with anyone.
"This incident happened at the age of 9,10 and 11 years. After this, I started getting scared, so I had many flaws. Since this accident, neither did I feel to continue my studies. I was just ahead in playing because I used to forget everything in the game and I used to feel safe there," he added.
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