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Mr
C R Irani,
Editor-in-Chief,
The Statesman,
Kolkata.
January 30, 2003
Dear Sir,
I worked with The Statesman, Kolkata as a Senior
Reporter from June 10, 2002 to October 12, 2002.
During the course of my tenure, I was sexually
harassed by the news
coordinator, Ishan Joshi. I was so traumatized
by the experience, being
the first such in a 15-year long career, that
I could not share this with anybody at that point
of time.
The sexual harassment was followed by the worst
possible professional
harassment culminating in my services being terminated.
The entire episode has left me shattered. I have
been struggling all this while to come to terms
with myself and bring this to your notice. But
then, I was warned against complaining about this
to anybody by Ishan Joshi. Neither was there any
Sexual Harassment Complaints Committee (as per
the Supreme Court Guidelines of August 13,1997)
within the organization to which I could turn
to for counselling and support.
I would like to mention here, that, prior to my
services being terminated,
Ishan Joshi had actually made some sort of confession
to his superior, on
the basis of which I was advised a compromise
by your top management-something which I considered
impossible.
I request you to take appropriate action and look
forward to justice from
you.
Yours sincerely,
Rina Mukherji
E-mail: rina_mukherji@yahoo.com
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