Social media always turns toxic around festivals. This year, the yelling at Holi centred on a website that made a public service announcement requesting “Safer and More Inclusive Spaces for Women”.
I spoke about this with a retired police officer. His take was that there’s always been higher levels of sexual harassment (and other crimes) on Holi, and the police are always braced to deal with it. Talking about it on social media is, however, a relatively new phenomenon.
Does focusing public attention on such an issue lead to improvements? It should, though it may take a long time. If there’s a
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