TVF row: India's sexual harassment laws need sharper teeth

In smaller organisations like TVF, there is immense pressure on the survivour to hush up cases

The Viral Fever (TVF), a popular online entertainment networks, was caught in a controversy on Monday. An anonymous post on Medium by a former employee alleged rampant sexual harassment by its Chief Executive Officer Arunabh Kumar.

TVF’s response was a masterclass in evading the charges at hand. It immediately claimed the allegations were baseless. Instead of offering to open an internal investigation, the firm said it would “leave no stone unturned to find the author of the article and bring them to severe justice for making false allegations”.

But the Medium article opened the floodgates. Several other former TVF employees