NEW DELHI – Indian cartoonist and journalist, Sathi Valdamudi is in deeptrouble over the issue of publishing the anti rape cartoons.
She received threats over her anti-rape cartoons. She said that she willnot back off.
According to BBC, She posted a cartoon illustrating a conversation betweenHindu deity Ram and his wife, Sita. She started receiving online threatsfor the carton.
It depicts in the cartoon that Sita is telling Ram she is “glad” she waskidnapped by demon king Ravan and not her husband’s followers. The cartoonwas made in the wake of two flagitious rape cases which made headlines inIndia last week.
Vadlamudi said that after the cartoon was published, she has receivedseveral threats online also calling for her arrest.
A case has been registered against a right-wing group by police; the groupinsisted that religious sentiments of Hindus are hurt by the cartoon.
A non-governmental organization which protect journalist ranked India as aless secure country for journalists. As, since 1992, almost 27 journalistshaving been murdered because of their work in India.
The recent incidents of rapes in India have divided the national sentimentswith some demanding justice for victims, whereas, right-wing nationalistsare supporting the accused.
In the last week, India has been staggered with the outrage over two recentrape incidents. Firstly, an eight-year-old Muslim girl was raped andmurdered in Kathua district, secondly, while a 16-year-old girl attemptedsuicide outside a BJP’s lawmaker’s house accused him of raping her.