A series of images, featuring women in cow masks have started going viral. These images have been shot as part of a campaign by Sujatro Ghosh, a Delhi-based photographer, who believes that Indian society values cows more than women.
- A woman sits on a classroom bench in Kolkata writing on a sheet of paper
- A middle-aged woman with a bag full of purchases stands next to a butcher’s shop
- A young woman poses in front of India Gate in New Delhi
They are all women but what is weird about the photographs is that they all are wearing cow masks.
The question being asked is whether women’s safety in India is secondary to topics like cow vigilantism, lynching and people’s eating habits?
“We are living at a time when cows are protected but women are not. Issues pertaining to women’s rights are suppressed while everyone is focussing on political concerns. What’s happening to our country?” questions Ghosh.
The politically explosive question asked in the campaign has earned the photographer the ire of Hindu nationalist trolls. However, women from all over the world are reaching out and wish to be a part of the campaign.
Ghosh has funded the project from his own pocket but is now contemplating crowdfunding his journeys. As of now, Ghosh has shot in hometown Kolkata and Delhi, but now plans to shoot in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kerala, and North Eastern states.
