Farming community in MP auctions off girls to men

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, May 18, 2018, 11:19 PM

Farming community in MP auctions off girls to men

New Delhi, May 18: A farming community in Madhya Pradesh auctions off girls aged 9 to 14 to men that place bids on their virginity, says Taher Ali, who, deeply hurt by the reality, has set out to produce a feature film "Modhi" in the hope of bringing about a change. The movie's name means a girl in the local dialect.

"When I realised there is a community in Madhya Pradesh that auctions off girls to men that place bids on their virginity, I was shocked. What shocked me even more was that this was being perpetrated by the girls' own families under the garb of custom but actually for money," said Ali.

"The fact that such a community existed in a place I grew up in, deeply hurt me. It was heartbreaking and I decided to get this heinous act in front of the world. Ignorance is how negative practices continue to exist and as a filmmaker, it is my primary duty to expel this ignorance," he added. "Modhi" pronounced 'morhi' is his first film.