Mumbai: Controversial model Poonam Pandey is appalled, amused and annoyed by talk that her provocative pictures on the internet and in magazines are responsible for the increase in crimes against women.
Poonam, who recently made her Bollywood debut with a bold film Nasha, says she was “constantly badgered and persuaded to feel guilty about the crime” a day after the gang-rape of a photojournalist last week.
“Apparently my pictures are responsible for crime against women. Ha ha, really? The same reasoning was used against me during the Nirbhaya case in Delhi. I want to ask all those people who find me provocative enough to induce crime, was there no crime against women before I arrived on the scene,” said Poonam.
She feels people need a scapegoat for their own failings.
“Why blame me for social evils? I am just a girl trying to find my place in the world. I’m used to being targeted by the moral police and the morcha-wallis. When law and order fails, the blame has to be pinned to some convenient target. But why blame me? What have I done?” she asked.
“Main toh sirf baat karti hoon. Maine kuch kiya nahin ((I only talk. I haven’t done anything). There are renowned respected actresses who heave and thrust in item songs. They are watched by a lot more men than I am,” she added.
Poonam is adamant that rape has no connection with the pin-up provocateurs.
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