00:00If she has a menstruation cycle going or not, she will feel very bad and ashamed.
00:06As a thing, as a citizen, as a woman, if I am thinking in such a perspective, it's very harmful, unrespectful.
00:13Parents have asked what they need to do in their work.
00:18Parents have asked what they need to do in their work.
00:23Periods are not any shameful thing.
00:26There are so many schools which have very big names, but still, they sideline the rules and guidelines of government.
00:35I don't think that this school is a safe place now.
00:38But I feel these niche things that are there inside, we don't care about these things.
00:44I think that the principal should be able to apply classes with one child.
00:51So, the story took place on the 8th of July in Maharashtra, where the entire state was in shock.
01:01The story starts from the Shahpur area of Dhani, where around 100 to 150 school-going girls were made to strip, just because some amount of bloodstains found in a bathroom.
01:12And this is not just shocking, but it is also horrifying, as after this, the principal made entire school girls come towards a convention hall, and all the girls from the school were made being stripped.
01:24Amongst that 150 girls, there were girls from class 5th to 10th.
01:28This incident has now created uproar in the state, and every parent and every school-going father and mother have been angry over this incident.
01:36Today, we are at the Lokmath newsroom in Worli, and we are going to talk to some of our colleagues and ask their advice and viewpoints on this incident.
01:44Let's go ahead.
01:45So, Mithali, as you got to know about the incident which happened yesterday in Shahpur, so my straight-up question to you is,
01:52what would be your reaction if someone from your family or someone which you know would have got involved in such an incident,
02:01what would be your message to the school and the entire authority?
02:04So, first of all, the incident that happened, it was outrageous.
02:08It is not okay at any level for a girl or a woman to treat like this.
02:13So, according to me, I feel it's against the ethics, it's so much against the ethics and the law.
02:19I feel if someone, the person that I know and that person would have went through this,
02:26I would have been very angry with the authority that was responsible.
02:31As a woman, I feel the message I would like to give the principal, as we all know she is a woman too,
02:37it's the time in this era where women are not supposed to take each other down.
02:43It's high time we support each other and we be there for it.
02:46It's women creating safe spaces for women, that is important.
02:51And I would like to tell the principal that she must do that for the students.
02:56Creating safe spaces, that is why we sent our students to school,
02:59because we tend to create safe spaces for them.
03:03So, that is very important.
03:05That is the one thing I would like to say, the principal.
03:08And whatever happened was very sad, I feel, and it was outrageous as well.
03:14So, here again, moving ahead in our office, we have another colleague of mine, Mr. Sonu Kanojia,
03:19who is also the Lokmat Hindi Bureau head.
03:22So, we will also try and talk to him and understand his viewpoints.
03:25Sonu, sir, according to you, I want a single word about this whole incident.
03:30What are your views?
03:31I think it is very shameful that an incident happened.
03:36And most of the schools in the suburb areas, I think they do not follow the proper procedures.
03:43And they are very insensitive about such kind of incident.
03:49So, I think it is very bad.
03:51And schools should learn how to behave with children.
03:56And there are some standard operating procedures.
04:00So, they should follow that kind of procedures.
04:04And many schools don't follow such kind of procedures.
04:08And I think this, I think insensitivity of staff is the biggest problem.
04:16So, according to you, the insensitivity factor, that is the biggest issue as we talk in Mumbai school.
04:23And as per you, is this the only issue going on in Mumbai?
04:26Or there have been more cases in front of your eyes where girls and children have been, you know, like, humiliated in this way?
04:33See, there are so many schools which have very big names.
04:38But still, they sideline the rules and guidelines of government.
04:43As the school children went back home and informed their parents about the incident,
04:48what if they would have not informed their parents?
04:50This incident would have been just another incident, gone and dusted.
04:55So, what will you say about your relation with your daughter?
04:58And how do you maintain it?
04:59Actually, I think parents and their children should be so good that if they come and say something at home,
05:10they should not ignore them, basically.
05:13My child is also a little child.
05:16So, they come and say, hey, papa, I'm here, I'm here.
05:18So, I personally see them, what's happened, what's happened.
05:21So, they don't ignore them.
05:22But what is it that if parents are so busy, they actually do this on the side.
05:27My question for you is, what would be your message to all the parents who have suffered this incident in the RS Damani school?
05:35Sir, I think that when we go to school, it is a safe place for us.
05:41But if there are incidents like this, then I don't think that the school is a safe place.
05:48And the most important question here is, what would you say about the relationship of a child and a parent?
06:00I think that, first of all, freedom is very important in the children and parents.
06:08And all of this is important, because what happens is that, if I was young and I was there, I was scared for talking to my parents.
06:20So, according to you, freedom is the most important aspect over here.
06:50Okay, thank you, Sahili.
06:51Moving ahead, my next question is for Mansi.
06:54What would be your reaction if your daughter would have been included in this incident?
06:59How would you react to it?
07:02It will be obscene for me.
07:04It will be, I have a 10, 9 year old child.
07:09And if she is telling me that such an incident took place in her child, first I will talk with the principal.
07:16Because that is the very right way to handle.
07:20After her incident, I will talk to the fellow parents who has experienced the same thing.
07:27There are 125 girls who have experienced the same thing.
07:31They have been said to strip off, check the bloodstains.
07:33So, first I will talk with the, and then I will go to the regulative authority, which is police station or the MP or the, then I will take the legal help.
07:45But first I will understand what is the situation, what are the causes and I will speak with the parents and the staff.
07:52So, as you told that, firstly you would go and talk to the principal.
07:57But in this incident, the principal, her itself is behind the bars now.
08:02So, you sending your daughter to the school, whom will you take, like, whom would you say to take her responsibility?
08:09Because school is a very safe place till today as we understand.
08:13So, what is the ultimate of your viewpoint over here?
08:18Actually, if the principal is behind the bars, then is the, then is the, again, question of the school safety and their rules and regulation.
08:28First I will check what is the situation, then I will change the school.
08:32But first I will take the precaution of understanding the all situation.
08:37Okay, so now we also have Amruta from the Lokmat Saki team over here.
08:40So, Amruta, while working in the media industry, you have been here since a long time now.
08:46And when you report such sensitive issues, how do you maintain the balance between arrogance and information?
08:53Because as you are working in the media field, it is also essential to make the person inform about the entire process in the most transparent way.
09:02So, according to you, I will, as per my question over here, I want to know, how does this incident as a media person affect you and how would you report the story?
09:12So, according to you, as a female journalist, I can tell you that this is a shame.
09:24If our children are going to school and they are checking with this way, then this is a wrong situation.
09:30So, as a female, we don't need to be able to tell you that this is what we have to tell you about the situation.
09:35We have no change in this way.
09:38We have never felt for ourselves.
09:40We see that the government or our media houses, ads, they make advertising where we promote periods in a good way.
09:51People say that they do not have any shame and things in a good way.
09:58So, if there are any type of things in the bathroom, then they don't have to check with the girl's eyes.
10:04They don't have to check with the girl's eyes.
10:05And in the media, or we parents, who will speak on this particular situation, they will react to the girl's eyes.
10:14So I think that this is wrong, and especially in the media, I have seen a lot of news portals and channels that they have told me about private school, but thanks to you that we have shown the name of the school, and if there is a wrong thing, we should have come to the name of the school.
10:40And there is no need to call a private school. This is the school of Shahpur, and this is the wrong thing.
