Mumbai: Actress Kalki Koechlin was sexually abused as a child, she told NDTV recently.
Kalki said she had not felt the need to reveal it on a public platform. She said a revelation like that just becomes a "shocking headline" but somebody "who has gone through CSA (child sexual abuse) is not a headline".
Kalki in a conversation with NDTV said, "The reason you haven't heard about it is that I don't like to talk about it. For me, it's not a one day headline, it's something that's a reality I have lived with for a long time. Many of us have gone through it and most of the people that I know, especially close friends of mine who are women, have gone through some form of CSA (child sexual abuse). It's just so out there, so much of it, that I think it's not something that should be ignored."
Kalki has been one of the few actors who have been vocal about women's issues. She also made news when she acted in a satirical video about violence against women.
