When Tahira Kashyap shared her #MeToo story & said 'Found solace after around 20 years'

Back in 2018, Ayushmann Khurrana's wife, Tahira Kashyap, took to her social media and posted a detailed lengthy te. In it, she shared her #MeToo story after Tanushree Dutta accused Nana Patekar of inappropriately touching her while shooting for a special song in Horn Ok Pleassss. "I too have my #MeToo moment and I found solace after around 20 years when I shared same with my husband and parents," wrote Tahira Kashyap. 

When Tahira Kashyap shared her #MeToo story 

Sharing te, Tahira Kashyap captioned post as: "My #MeToo moment... wish I didn’t have one and neir did anyone. But glad we are speaking about it. Let’s have zero tolerance towards it. And let’s t question how long victim took to speak. It took me around 20 years. Will it be held against me?"

Narrating  incident, Tahira Kashyap wrote that  'closest people especially relatives in life those whom everyone trusts are often real creeps'. More so, she expressed 'how it feels to be violated and stifled inside for years altoger' and 'how memories of it makes people shudder'. Tahira admitted that 'she was scared of physical touch when she started dating her husband (n boyfriend)' and added that 'she would cry at every step of physical proximity'. However, she expressed that it was Ayushmann Khurrana's 'patience and love' that 'healed her'.

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Tahira furr wrote that 'many more cases and stories of sexual abuse are t brought to light' as perpetrators are often 'friends, relatives or uncles', who are living under same roof. Kashyap continued that 'she carried heavy load' on her chest as memories haunted her even after she had her first child with Ayushmann Khurrana. "For some reason, I decided to tell my husband and my parents about my childhood trauma," she penned. 

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"I urge you to t stay silent. More power to women to speak," Tahira concluded. Apart from Tahira Kashyap, a number of women like Tanushree Dutta, Vinta Nanda, Kangana Ranaut among ors came forward to share ir #MeToo stories. 

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