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February 14, 2013

Anoushka Shankar, Daughter of Ravi Shankar, Tells Her Story of Sexual Abuse 
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Among those to voice solidarity with "One Billion Rising" is Anoushka
Shankar, daughter of the legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar and
half-sister of singer Norah Jones. She told her story.

Anoushka Shankar: "As a child, I suffered sexual and emotional abuse for
several years at the hands of a man my parents trusted implicitly.
Growing up, like most women I know, I suffered various forms of groping,
touching, verbal abuse and other things I didn't know how to deal with,
I didn't know I could change. And as a woman, I find I'm frequently
living in fear, afraid to walk alone at night, afraid to answer a man
who asks for the time, afraid I'm going to be judged or treated in ways
based on the way I might choose to dress or the makeup I might choose to
wear. And, you know, enough is enough. I'm rising."

 

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