Singer Soumita Saha Opposes Body-Shaming Of Auntie Who Blamed Girls For Rape

Jyothi Venkatesh

The recent viral video about a middle aged woman provoking others to rape girls for wearing short clothes has left the entire nation in shock. It did bust the myth that education improves human mentality. The fact that an educated urban woman living in the national capital believes that girls are liable to be raped just for wearing short clothes, raises several question-marks on our evolution as  a society.

This ordeal of Shivani Gupta, a Delhi based copyrighter, tells a lot about why Rape Incidents are always rising in our country. The lady, who was later identified as Soma Chakrabarty, made those remarks at a restaurant where the girls were having food with their colleagues. Instead of creating a scene, they confronted her later at a nearby Shopping Center and demanded an apology, but she refused.

Singer Soumita Saha, who has been supporting Shivani and her friends during the entire episode, posted an open letter describing how Chakrabarty’s comments on the Shivani were terribly disheartening. However there was something even more cruel, which most people failed to notice. In their defence,  Shivani and her friends resorted to body-shaming Soma Chakrabarty. They can be heard saying in the video , "concentrate on your own body” and ”let her flaunt if she has the body to flaunt", "you don’t have a body to flaunt.”, which are undeniably body shaming.

If Soma encouraged rape, Shivani and her friends encouraged body shaming of women. A vast majority of women don't posses an ideal body. Their comments are equally insulting to the womanhood.

"Do we really need to combat misogyny with double dose of misogyny?", lambasted the famed Singer. "I strongly oppose Chakrabarty’s rape remarks, but that barely means body-shaming her was justified", she added.

She pointed out that what happened during the incident wasn't about Feminism but was a classic example of opportunism. It shows that none of the parties involved truly cared about women. Feminism has no place for any sort of inequality and considering someone inferior because of her body shape is something which goes against the very ethos of Feminism.

Soumita Saha is a 26 year old singer from Kolkata. At the age of 19, she became Internet Sensation through her songs and since then she has been consistently in limelight. She has been often referred by media as ‘Justin Bieber of Kolkata’. She is one of those Indian Singers who worked with International record labels and delivered massive hit on her debut. She is well known for her contribution to Rabindra Sangeet and has worked in several music albums based on it. She has also appeared in numerous TV as well in popular Musical Shows. Last year, she made her International Singing Debut with the song Ishq, which was a massive hit and received immense appreciations from audience across the world.

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