Sexual Harassment at workplace, Riddance from hell 2001
10. 19 y.o. Chandrika and 16 y.o. Shareena: Both these teenager resided in Kerala. Due to extreme poverty, their parents handed them over to a local circus owner. During the day, these girls used to perform astonishing maneuvers, only to fall victims to the sexual violence at the hands of other circus performers. These girls' family members were so consumed in their economic struggle, that they completely neglected them. The circus owner used to send a fixed amount to their families, but never
gave the money to these girls, out of fear that they may leave the circus and return to their village. The stories of atrocities they suffered at such a young age would shake one's faith in humanity.
One day when the circus was performing at a small village in Bhilwara, both these girls, hungry and thirsty, were asking for food from neighbors, and told their story to those women. So some of the villagers took this matter to Tara Ahluwalia of BMCS. The circus owner already knew of the matter when we reached the village, and had already packed his stuff to leave from there. We were shocked to know that, the villagers knew about this for a week and had already reported the matter to police. Police did not bother to talk to these girls, as their hands were tied by bribe given to them by the owner. Villagers had gathered to stop the truck from leaving, when we reached there. With my efforts, police registered the FIR and those girls openly said that they do not want to work in the circus, and want to go back to their parents. Police handed them over to Tara Ahluwalia. It was an independence day for those girls. They stayed at my place for almost a month. Neither they remembered their home address nor the faces of their parents. It was challenging for us to find their address. Finally after finding the address, our trusted associates from Bhilwara handed them over to their parents. It was an emotional moment when they left my place to go back home, but were happy to finally meet their families.
10. 19 y.o. Chandrika and 16 y.o. Shareena: Both these teenager resided in Kerala. Due to extreme poverty, their parents handed them over to a local circus owner. During the day, these girls used to perform astonishing maneuvers, only to fall victims to the sexual violence at the hands of other circus performers. These girls' family members were so consumed in their economic struggle, that they completely neglected them. The circus owner used to send a fixed amount to their families, but never
gave the money to these girls, out of fear that they may leave the circus and return to their village. The stories of atrocities they suffered at such a young age would shake one's faith in humanity.
One day when the circus was performing at a small village in Bhilwara, both these girls, hungry and thirsty, were asking for food from neighbors, and told their story to those women. So some of the villagers took this matter to Tara Ahluwalia of BMCS. The circus owner already knew of the matter when we reached the village, and had already packed his stuff to leave from there. We were shocked to know that, the villagers knew about this for a week and had already reported the matter to police. Police did not bother to talk to these girls, as their hands were tied by bribe given to them by the owner. Villagers had gathered to stop the truck from leaving, when we reached there. With my efforts, police registered the FIR and those girls openly said that they do not want to work in the circus, and want to go back to their parents. Police handed them over to Tara Ahluwalia. It was an independence day for those girls. They stayed at my place for almost a month. Neither they remembered their home address nor the faces of their parents. It was challenging for us to find their address. Finally after finding the address, our trusted associates from Bhilwara handed them over to their parents. It was an emotional moment when they left my place to go back home, but were happy to finally meet their families.
