{"id":126017,"date":"2020-05-25T02:06:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T20:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=126017"},"modified":"2020-05-25T02:06:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T20:36:52","slug":"arunachal-gorkha-body-files-nhrc-complaint-against-anushka-sharma-for-sexist-slur-in-paatal-lok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/05\/25\/arunachal-gorkha-body-files-nhrc-complaint-against-anushka-sharma-for-sexist-slur-in-paatal-lok\/","title":{"rendered":"Arunachal Gorkha body files NHRC complaint against Anushka Sharma for &#8216;sexist slur&#8217; in Paatal Lok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, May 24:<\/strong> A Gorkha association in Arunachal Pradesh has filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against actor Anuskha Sharma for an alleged &#8220;sexist slur&#8221; on the Gorkha community in one of the scenes of the web series &#8216;Paatal Lok&#8217; produced by her.<br \/>\nThe complaint was filed recently by Bikash Bhattarai, the Namsai unit president of the All Arunachal Pradesh Gorkha Youth Association (AAPGYA).<br \/>\nA &#8220;sexist slur&#8221; used against a woman character in the second episode of the web series is a &#8220;direct insult to the Nepali-speaking people,&#8221; the association stated in the complaint.<br \/>\n&#8220;The sexist slur has hurt the sentiments of the Gorkha community and the Nepali-speaking people across the country,&#8221; the AAPGYA said.<br \/>\nIt demanded that either the web series be stopped from being aired or the team of &#8216;Paatal Lok&#8217; apologise to the Gorkhali people.<br \/>\n&#8220;The series has hurt the Nepali community and there is already a strong protest against it on social media for presenting an insulting, demeaning and derogatory dialogue,&#8221; the group stated in its complaint.<br \/>\nAAPGYA state unit president Shyam Ghatani said, &#8220;Not only should the Nepali community, but those in the film industry also condemn such direct insult made to millions of people who speak Nepali as their common language&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe association has urged the NHRC and the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs to come up with a &#8220;strong and concrete&#8221; decision on the matter.<br \/>\nThe Bharatiya Gorkha Yuva Parisangh has also started an online petition demanding that &#8220;Amazon mute the slur, blur the subtitles and upload an edited video with an apology and a disclaimer.&#8221; (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, May 24: A Gorkha association in Arunachal Pradesh has filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against actor Anuskha Sharma for an alleged &#8220;sexist slur&#8221; on the Gorkha community in one of the scenes of the web series &#8216;Paatal Lok&#8217; produced by her. The complaint was filed recently by Bikash Bhattarai, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-126017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}