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Twinkle Khanna pens 'it is safer for strees of this country to encounter a ghost in a dark alley than a man' amid Kolkata rape case

Amid the brutal Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape case, Twinkle Khanna opened up about 'ghost-sightings' and the 'important social message' mentioned in Shraddha Kapoor's Stree 2. 

Twinkle Khanna pens 'it is safer for strees of this country to encounter a ghost in a dark alley than a man' amid Kolkata rape case
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Last Updated: 12.53 PM, Aug 25, 2024

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The world is shattered after the brutal Kolkata RG Kar Hospital's rape case. People have one voice now and that is 'We want justice.' Amid this, Stree 2's social message grabbed attention. Twinkle Khanna spoke about the 'strees (women)' of India not being scared of ghosts in her latest column for The Times of India, titled 'Why ghosts don’t scare the Indian Stree'. The actor-turned-author also narrated 'one of the apocryphal tales' of her childhood, which revolved around her great aunt being 'possessed by an evil spirit.' 

Twinkle Khanna says horror movies contain 'less unsettling components than the scary things we see every day around us'

In her latest TOI column, Twinkle Khanna listed down how horror movies contain 'less unsettling components than the scary things we see every day around us' while mentioning 'the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata', 'two four-year-olds who were sexually abused in a school in Badlapur' and other cases as she spoke about how Stree 2 was 'a subversion of the fear that women experience on a daily basis.' 

Twinkle Khanna says 'we are teaching our daughters the same things' 

Ina seperate post a few days ago, she added that even after fifty years on this planet, people are teaching their daughters the same things she was taught as a child such as don’t go alone. To the park, to school, to work. Don’t go alone with any man, even if it’s your uncle, cousin or friend. Don’t go alone in the morning or evening, and especially not at night. Don’t go alone because it’s not a matter of if, but when. Don’t go alone because you may never come back.

Twinkle concluded, “It is time to ensure that laws are enforced and followed, guaranteeing safety measures for women in public spaces instead of confining us at home. Till then, I suppose it is safer for the strees (women) of this country to encounter a ghost in a dark alley than a man.”

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