Tahira shares her abuse story

Writer-director Tahira Kashyap, Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana’s wife, has revealed her tale of abuse.

The 35-year-old, who dealt with sexual harassment in childhood, made a long post on Twitter.

“I found solace after around 20 years when I shared the same with my husband and parents. Often the closest people, especially the relatives in your life (those whom everyone trusts), are the real creeps. I know how it feels to be violated and stifled inside for years altogether and how the memories of it makes one shudder,” Kashyap tweeted.

Kashyap says she used to be scared of physical intimacy but Khurrana helped her.

“His patience and love healed me,” she wrote.

“Please do not feel ashamed to expose the transgressor and most of all we haven’t brought it upon ourselves as women, teenagers and adolescents,” she added. —