{"id":6246,"date":"2015-03-10T14:51:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T19:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/?p=6246"},"modified":"2015-03-10T14:51:17","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T19:51:17","slug":"meet-priya-indian-superhero-fighting-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2015\/03\/meet-priya-indian-superhero-fighting-rape.html","title":{"rendered":"Meet Priya: Indian Superhero Fighting Rape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Priya is a comic book super hero who fights the social stigma of rape in India which is widespread. Recently an Indian television station published an interview with a rapist who said that he would not have killed his victim if she had not fought back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.vice.com\/article\/meet-priya-a-comic-superhero-fighting-the-social-stigma-of-rape-in-india\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to VICE<\/a>\u00a0in this excellent review, \u201cPriya\u2019s Shakti is an imaginative reaction to an alarming apathy among the authorities and public toward the issue of rape.\u201d The writer and developer is an Indian-American filmmaker, Ram Devineni.<\/p>\n<p>You can download and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.priyashakti.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">read the comic boo here<\/a>.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2015\/03\/priya.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6248\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2015\/03\/priya.png\" alt=\"priya\" width=\"336\" height=\"328\"><\/a><br>\nPriya is not the first attempt to combat India\u2019s misogynistic culture with satire. Last year, A Bollywood actress used sarcasm to destroy common arguments about rape in India. The clip is called \u201cIts your Fault\u201d and was made by a comedy group called All India Bakchod.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8hC0Ng_ajpY\" width=\"460\" height=\"257\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"Center\">Here\u2019s a\u00a0story about\u00a0Priya<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/goatsandsoda\/2014\/12\/16\/371209381\/indias-new-comic-book-hero-fights-rape-rides-on-the-back-of-a-tiger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"> from NPR<\/a>\u00a0which includes as interview with the developer,\u00a0\u00a0Ram Devineni. And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/imaansheikh\/priyas-shakti\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Buzzfeed <\/a>has some great pictures from the comic.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Priya is a comic book super hero who fights the social stigma of rape in India which is widespread. Recently an Indian television station published an interview with a rapist who said that he would not have killed his victim if she had not fought back. 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