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Meet Priya The Rape Survivor, India’s Newest Comic Book Hero

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She’s here to break the stigma associated with rape, and to put an end to gender-based violence.

Meet Priya, the rape-survivor superhero of India's new comic book about sexual harassment in India, called "Priya's Shakti."

Meet Priya, the rape-survivor superhero of India's new comic book about sexual harassment in India, called "Priya's Shakti."

Rattapallax / Via priyashakti.com

She is a superhero who works not alone, but with the Hindu Goddess Parvati, in this mythological Hindu tales inspired comic book made by New York based filmmaker Ram Devineni, and drawn by graphic novel artist Dan Goldman.

She is a superhero who works not alone, but with the Hindu Goddess Parvati, in this mythological Hindu tales inspired comic book made by New York based filmmaker Ram Devineni, and drawn by graphic novel artist Dan Goldman.

Rattapallax / Via priyashakti.com

Ram Devineni told BBC in an interview that the idea for Priya's Shakti came to him after country-wide protests were held in India over the gang-rape and murder of a student on a bus in Delhi, India, in December 2012.

Rape and gender-based violence survivors in India often have to go through as much as being deemed impure or being abandoned entirely by their families.

Rape and gender-based violence survivors in India often have to go through as much as being deemed impure or being abandoned entirely by their families.

Rattapallax / Via priyashakti.com


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