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SHe said, #metoo

A system that lacks confidentiality and due process could well encourage the filing of false accusations by those who simply have a grudge against their boss

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Kanika Datta
Harvey Weinstein’s serial sexual transgressions — and the legions of star offenders (including politicians) who hit the spotlight thereafter — make you wonder. If this is what goes on in a supposedly enlightened society like the United States, where women have a demonstrably stronger voice, what’s happening in India? Much worse, you would imagine, given Indian society’s entrenched misogyny (as reflected in our national statistics). Note, however, that no comparable exposes have emerged from Bollywood — though a sting operation a few years ago confirmed that the casting couch remains a la mode. As for the workplace, where reporting structures
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