Tanushree’s ‘Closed’ Case Will Fly Open Like a Stuffed Suitcase

Tanushree is aware of her story’s importance, especially for the countless women who look up to her.

Anyone who has dealt with excess baggage at check-in will tell you that a bulging suitcase, which you had to sit on to shut, will burst open eventually. With Tanushree Dutta’s case being deemed ‘closed’ yesterday, the allegations spilled out afresh – of sexual harassment on a film set, of intimidation, and now her allegations of ‘ a corrupt police force’. The lawyer of the accused, maintains that his client Nana Patekar is innocent. Yet her story goes beyond a she said- he said. It has come to represent the high stakes of #MeToo in India.

For Many of Us, Tanushree IS #MeToo India