In today’s world, media, especially movies, play a huge role in influencing our culture and overall perception, and are especially inspiring in cases like this one.

The question that arises here is whether a girl who is married off as a child has the capacity and agency to declare her marriage null and void at 18, if she had to marry under pressure?

In a regressive move, Rajasthan's state assembly passed a bill on the 17th of September for compulsory registration of marriages, and have included child marriages in these! 

Saying that a 15-year-old survivor was aware of the impact of her actions, clearly reeks of victim shaming, while substantially diluting the onus of the accused. Is it not time POCSO cases were dealt with sensitivity?

Rape and sexual violence are power tools, they have little or nothing to do with desire or lust and everything to do exercising power over those can be dominated.