They were overpowered not just because of patriarchy but the caste system that dictates how people of a particular caste should do the duty that is assigned to them as per holy scriptures, without demanding more or asking questions to those in the layer above them in the hierarchy.Īs per statistics, an average of four Dalit women are raped everyday and conviction rate in such cases is abysmally low. In Article 15, the young girls were raped and murdered for demanding a hike of just three rupees in their daily wages. “Sikh men protect the dignity of women,” they said implying nobody from the community can be accused of rape. In an almost similar way, a Sikh politician filed a complaint against producer Anushka Sharma for ‘hurting the sentiments of the community’ by showing a group of Sikh men raping a woman. They slammed the show saying that it shows the community in poor light by linking it to the violence against Muslims and women. Hindu groups on social media carried out the hashtag campaign #BoycottPaatalLok while some elected representatives lodged complaints against the series alleging it to be anti-Hindu. They were focused on elitism and caste pride. Strangely, the outrage related to these scenes had little to do with caste violence and rape. In case of Hatoda Tyagi, the three sisters are eventually raped and Tyagi, the schoolboy kills his sisters’ rapists in a gruesome manner and becomes a criminal for the rest of his life.Ĭaste is dominant even in civil society’s outrage In the same part, there is a curious discussion about rape in another backstory that explains how the character Tope Singh is thrown into the world of crime. In the show’s third part titled A History of Violence, a middle-aged woman is gang-raped by a group of upper-caste men in broad daylight to avenge a violent act committed by her son.

Multiple instances of rapes figure in the backstories of the characters. Aani Maani, Cowmedy and other films that highlight cow vigilantism and violent right-wing politicsīack to the web series Paatal Lok.

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