NDTV Imagine: Jyoti Stands up against domestic violence

NDTV Imagine: Jyoti Stands up against domestic violence

NDTV Imagine: Jyoti Stands up against domestic violence

Imagine ties up with Bell Bajao Campaign

2009, 62 years after our Independence, are we really independent? Are the women in our country independent enough to speak their mind or express their issues and problems? While India is awakening to tremendous rates of development and progress, there are many social evils that are holding us back from achieving our rightful place in the world. According to the National Family Health Survey (05-06) 62% of women in India are experiencing physical or sexual violence, 51% of 75,000 men surveyed think hitting their wives is acceptable if in-laws are disrespected and 47% of women with no education suffered spousal violence.

NDTV IMAGINE through its popular primetime daily Jyoti aims to destabilize the evil of domestic violence. Jyoti is a strong woman who has stood up against several hurdles in her life.  When Jyoti finds out that her sister Sushma is being victim to a ruthless violence at the hands of her husband Brij, she stands against this issue, takes a morcha of women outside Brij’s house and gets him arrested. With this action Jyoti not only saves Sushma but also through her act represents the women power and motivate the women of the nation not to tolerate such kind of violence.

Imagine has tied up with Bell Bajao Campaign (Ring the Bell!)Breakthrough’s newest campaign, asking men and boys to bring domestic violence to a halt. The campaign has reached 124 million people reached and still going strong! Sneha Wagh, who essays the role of Jyoti, says, “I genuinely feel for this cause & I hope women who watch Jyoti or have encountered this first hand or in their neighbourhood get inspired to take the matter in their own hands and speak up against this social evil.”

Let’s help Jyoti spread awareness on this issue and also tune in to Jyoti to find how she manages to get justice for her sister Sushma on Tuesday 20th Oct at 8.30 pm only on Imagine!

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