Me Too and More
A special character, a “#” followed by two innocuous words “me” and “too” has come together and formed a hurricane of epic proportions. After blowing away heavyweight celebrities in Hollywood, it recently made landfall in Bollywood and the onslaught of this “#MeToo” storm rages so ferociously, that even seasoned media-savvy celebrities are finding it difficult to get out of its way. Meanwhile, it has brought down some famed reputations in Indian filmdom and sports area too. More such revelations keep coming in every day. When I first came across #MeToo, I wondered why at all, a #MeToo movement was necessary? If someone is wronged then to get the justice he or she has to approach the authorities and get justice. Unfortunately, the issue is not as simple when one analyses it against the backdrop of typical patriarchal standards and benchmarks. When I looked up a dictionary, I found that the word “molest” originated between the years 1325-75. So I guess molestation and sexual m