“In India, people only talk about respecting women, they don’t practise it.” Badminton star PV Sindhu smashes social hypocrisy in this searing talk delivered at a Hyderabad Police event recently.
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00:00Well, in India, people actually tell us about women, that we should respect women, but I
00:06think there are very rare people who actually practice it.
00:31I just wanted to share a few things about, like, when I've been traveling abroad, where
00:39I have actually seen that in abroad there have been a lot of respect and privacy towards
00:45women.
00:47And I feel really very happy that there is a lot of respect towards women in other countries.
00:53Well, in India, people actually tell us about women, that we should respect women, but I
00:58think there are very rare people who actually practice it and who actually do it or think
01:05that, okay, we have to respect women.
01:07It is just that they only say it, but they don't practice it.
01:10I think we women have to be strong and we have to believe in ourselves.
01:14And I think especially talking about that, well, as a woman, we can do anything.
01:20And you know, there have been a lot of sexual harassment.
01:23And I would just say, and very frankly, I would just say that sexual harassment is not
01:28about only sex, but it is also about, you know, when there are a lot of people who are
01:33physically or mentally harassing you.
01:36So it's just that you can come forward and tell and talk about it.
01:40I think it shouldn't be, we shouldn't be ashamed of it.
01:44And we have to be, in fact, we have to be proud about it, that, you know, we are strong
01:48and we are coming forward to actually speak about it.