Actor-turned-politician Kushboo Sundar who is now serving as the leader of the National Commission for Women, revealed that she was merely 8-years-old when her father sexually assaulted her.
During a conversation with Barkha Dutt for Mojo Story, Khushbu averred, “I think when a child is abused, it scars the child for life and it’s not about a girl or a boy. My mother has been through the most abusive marriage. A man who probably thought it was his birthright to beat up his wife, beat up his children, sexually abuse his only daughter. When my abuse started I was just 8 years old and I had the courage to speak against him when I was 15.”
She mentioned at the We The Women event, “One fear that stayed with me was my mom may not believe me because I have seen her in that environment where there was ‘kuch bhi hojaye mera pati devata hai’ mindset. But at 15 I thought that it was enough and I started revolting against him. I was not even 16 and he left us with whatever we had and we didn’t know where the next meal will come from.”
Sundar mentioned that she had a traumatizing childhood however finally mustered the strength to fight for the wrong. The actor made her debut in the hit Bollywood film The Burning Train, and later predominantly worked in the South Indian film industry. She later joined politics by 2010.
