In the past few days, a flurry of heart-wrenching stories of abuse, harassment, misuse of power and misconduct have come out. The #MeToo movement has been a revelation into the kind of abuse of power and perversion that runs through Indian media, movie and entertainment businesses.

Nevertheless, the fearlessness in women coming out with their accounts against powerful men is a result of the underlying understanding of entrusting belief with the victim of the abuse and not doubt them.

However, the movement is not bereft of sweeping hypocrisy in dealing with the cases when it is about an established name from one’s own ideological dispensation. In the last few weeks, some renowned names in Art and Journalism have come out.

Consider the case of Nandita Das’ father and Padma Bhushan awardee Jatin Das who has been accused by multiple women, of forcibly kissing and harassing them. Nisha Bora, a conservationist, was the first one to come out with her ordeal here: