Javed Akhtar

You have already seen the Bell Bajao Cause Ambassador Boman Irani’s call to action.

The second in our series of celebrity champion voices is the veteran lyricist and script, dialog and story writer from Bollywood, Mr. Javed Akhtar.

When asked about domestic violence, he starts out by hitting hard at the very terminology of this issue. Domestic violence according to him is not a strong enough term that barely represents the horror of this issue. He says we should rather just use the word, ‘wife beating’

Another very important point he makes is that a true identity of a man is revealed in front of those who are weaker than him. If a man is violent to his wife because she is dependent on him financially or socially that means the true identity of that man is violent. It is possible that in front of the world he puts a nice face. But we must know that any man who raises his hands against a woman cannot be a good human being, it is just impossible.

He therefore calls out to the society to boycott and shun all such men who are abusive to their spouses. It is never a personal matter he says and we must collectively give out the message that abusive people are not acceptable in the society. As a call to action he specifically says that, if you know anybody who is abusive just break all relationship with him.

We are thankful to Mr Javed Akhtar for lending his voice to this pertinent issue and for being a Bell Bajao Cause Champion.

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