Hindustan Times has launched Let's Talk About Rape, a campaign that aims to start a conversation about sexual violence. In the first edition, eight prominent personalities from different fields wrote open letters. In the second edition, eight ordinary Indians carry the conversation forward. Join our authors and @httweets and spread the word.
Let me live without fear of being raped or abused: A school girl’s open letter
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Let’s talk about rape: Turning girls into timid women, boys into bullies
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Stay away from casual sexism: An HR manager’s open letter
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At the workplace, a woman is alone after filing a sexual harassment complaint
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It’s our duty to be on rape survivors’ side: A lawyer’s letter to his colleagues
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A low bar:'Rape survivors’ fight for justice is foiled by our legal system
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Let us show a rape survivor we’re on her side: A cop’s letter to his colleagues
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For Delhi’s rape victims, cops can be first to respond but last to understand
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Do not take the blame on yourself, don’t break: Uber rape survivor’s letter
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‘The girl who was raped’: How the system breaks survivors
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Why must girls keep quiet, not protest, sacrifice? A teacher’s letter on rape
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‘What is rape, porn?’: Pupils flounder as sex education not taught in schools
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Not the women, we have to change: A cab driver’s open letter about rape
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Why Delhi’s public transport is still a war zone for women
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Grow up a proud feminist: A mother’s open letter to her son about rape
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Rape threat hangs over women even at homes
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Violence and rape have nothing to do with sex: Sharmila Tagore.
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Rape is not a spectacle, don’t violate privacy: Barkha Dutt.
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A bold woman is often prone to sexual harassment: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.
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Calling for a sexually liberated India: HT readers respond to Lets Talk About Rape.
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The absence of ‘No’ is not consent, educator Arun Kapur tells students.
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Where women can hold their head high: HT readers respond to Lets Talk About Rape.
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Why rapes by policemen make Julio Ribeiro feel ‘like a worm’.
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Accept women’s emancipation: Hindustan Times readers respond to Lets Talk About Rape
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Too many politicians blame women for violence inflicted on them: Shashi Tharoor.
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Why question daughters, but not sons? HT readers respond to Lets Talk About Rape.
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Writer Shashi Deshpande pens an open letter to Indian men, telling them that being gentle does not mean being unmanly.
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Battling stalkers, the male gaze: Hindustan Times readers respond to our special series, Let's Talk About Rape.
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Mary Kom, boxer and Rajya Sabha MP, writes a hard-hitting letter to her sons, aged 9 and 3, telling them about how she was molested.
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Read actor Farhan Aktar's poems addressed to young women, that express his anguish at their vulnerability and give a message of resilience.
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We asked HT readers to join the conversation and respond to the special series, Let's Talk About Rape. Here is what they had to say.
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Actor Farhan Akhtar's moving letter to his daughter discusses good and bad touch and confronts the issue of rape head on.
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(Want to have your voice featured in the Hindustan Times? Send us your entries at htwebresponse@hindustantimes.com and we will publish the best letters.)