Not one of the universities named have made any statement and as far as we know, there are no investigations into any of these faculty members. One can only hope that while we read comment after comment (much like this one), some reporters are following up on this story so that we have documented evidence of how sexual misconduct, harassment and abuse is received and dealt with on campuses. A few years ago, I’d done some very basic digging into Vishakha Committees and cells that were supposed to deal with violations in a few universities, to see how complaints of sexual harassment are recorded. I can only hope the situation is different today because back then, to find people in the academic establishment who were ready to acknowledge that there just might be “such problems” on campus was like spotting a little green man, carrying a pot of gold and riding on a unicorn. The process of filing a complaint and seeing it through was isolating, emotionally scarring, tedious and long. To some students, it seemed easier to just grit one’s teeth, bear it and warn fellow students so that they were better prepared.