| No Images? Click here  Almost a year after award-winning singer Chinmayi Sripaada accused Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu of sexually harassing her, she spoke to Huffpost India's Meryl Sebastian about what she has learnt in the past year, where she gets the energy to keep fighting and why she thinks art and the artist cannot be separated. Meanwhile, Gopal Sathe and Nehmat Kaur write about how a MeToo defamation case pitting powerful artist Subodh Gupta against HerdSceneAnd, an anonymous Instagram account, could strip away a prized protection for survivors of assault — anonymity. Also read: An excerpt from She Said — Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's book on how journalists broke the sexual harassment story against Harvey Weinstein. Since she accused Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu of sexually harassing her, Chinmayi Sripaada has been banned by the Tamil film industry’s dubbing union, given some relief by a Chennai court, lost many job opportunities and been trolled online. But through it all, she has been indefatigable in her pursuit of justice, not just for herself but for thousands of other survivors.Not only does she engage with her online harassers with wit and sarcasm—“because this is not the way to speak to me and there are girls and women who are watching”—she also organises solidarity meets offline to bring together women from different walks of life and advocate for safer workspaces.  The HerdSceneAnd handle popped up on Instagram last year as a platform for women to share experiences of abuse and harassment in India’s art world. Anonymous testimonies on the handle accused Gupta of a range of misconduct ranging from inappropriate sexual comments to unwanted, persistent advances and inappropriate touching. Gupta has denied the allegations. In case you missed it…
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