I’ve been watching Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate regularly since it started. Public figures and Bollywood stars often shy away from telling it like it is so I can’t appreciate him enough for stepping up and speaking up about various ills so ingrained in Indian society. He has so far done shows on various issues like female foeticide, dowry, child sexual abuse, sensitivity towards the disabled/differently abled, state of healthcare, honor killings/harassment. If you don’t have access to this show on television, do go watch the episodes on Youtube – each episode is available in it’s entirety (about an hour per show) here.

Here is a bit of the show on domestic violence where Kamala Bhasin talks of the effects of patriarchy on men and women :