Filmmaker - writer Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari who has time and again given us some great cinema, recently spoke about the increase in domestic violence cases amid lockdown in a strong tweet. She had written, "As the lockdown continues domestic violence in homes continues too.With opening of liquor shops barring people who can handle it calmly & wisely.There will be silent tears of women & children who will bear effects of aggressive behaviour patterns from men with low self esteem."
Opening her heart out on why she decided to raise her raise voice against these domestic violence cases, Ashwiny shared that alcoholism does play a huge role in the same. She says, “I have seen that domestic abuse is a huge thing because of alcoholism in people across strata of society only reaction are different. Taking to alcohol is a way of shying away from handling the situation unless a person drink occasionally and handles it correctly. Right now there are so many stories about losing jobs, not having enough money to sustain, men find a way to destress themselves and after consumption if behaviour patterns are not managed correctly, it leads a disharmony. Verbal abuse, anger tantrums, ego, low selfesteem and lack of jobs specially for daily wage or freelancers / consultants leads to some form of getaway. Alchohol is the easiest. It’s worse than smoking. If smoking can cause cancer. Alchohol can cause depression and no control over the mind which affects not only the person but also immediate family and friends."
Further, Ashwiny shares how domestic violence can have a horrible impact on little children. She adds, “It leads to the child growing up in an environment seeing the man of the house abuse Therefore, I wrote ‘handle it calmly’, because if you do not, it leads to destruction and division of families and mental instability, of not just yourself, but everyone around you. You are going and putting the little money you can save for a rainy day, in alcohol. Then what about the family?”
Meanwhile, other than sharing her thoughts on the lockdown and the increasing crisis, the celebrated filmmaker also spent her past one-and-a-half months writing screenplay and her debut novel which is nearing completion.
Giving out inside details about the same, Tiwari told, "I have also been cooking. I got into that zone where you have children at home and you have to feed them, so that came as a default. After Panga released, there was so much happening I didn’t get time sit and write, so I did that. Then we are working on the screenplay of my biopic on Narayan and Sudha Murthy, which I will direct and is being co-written by my husband Nitesh Tiwari and other writers. By June, I should also finish my novel which I started writing after Bareilly Ki Barfi. It’s almost been two-and-a-half years.”
