Mumbai Woman Sings Song About Consent; Dedicates it to MJ Akbar

A Mumbai-based woman has come up with a ‘nursery rhyme’ to deliver a serious message about consent.

Sukhnidh Kaur, a legal aid counsellor, sings about the blurred and grey lines of consent and drives home the message in an unusual way.

Oh, and her Instagram post says she dedicates the song to MJ Akbar. Wink!

Here’s the song:

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Here's a one minute masterclass on consent because some don't seem to get it...this week has been traumatic with #MeToo and music is how I heal. Take this as a fun nursery rhyme as you will, as long as it teaches someone something. Lol. #metooindia #timesup #consent #musicwsukh #originalswsukh edit: thanks for all the love. I'm dedicating this one to MJ Akbar 😉

A post shared by Sukhnidh Kaur (@pavemented) on Oct 13, 2018 at 2:26am PDT

For those of you who don’t know, Union Minister MJ Akbar, who was earlier a super powerful journalist, has been accused of sexual harassment by more than a dozen women. He has hired a team with a strength of 97 lawyers, and sued the first woman who named him - journalist Priya Ramani for defamation.

But not one to back off from a fight, Ramani has said in a statement, that "MJ Akbar seeks to silence through intimidation and harassment,” and that “truth is her only defence.”

In the past two weeks, the #MeToo movement has engulfed the country like wildfire, with comedians, journalists, actors, directors, among other powerful men being accused of sexual harassment.

No surprises then, that the conversation around consent has finally begun to be taken seriously.