Kamla The Story Of A Slave Girl

I still remember the film Kamla for it’s powerful and bold storyline.Later, I discovered that the film was based on the path-braking investigative reporting by Journalist Aswani Sarin.I also mesmerized by the powerful acting of Sabana Azmi and Dipti Naval.But,when I read the actual series,Aswani Sarin became my real hero.Actually, in investigative reporting,deception plays a major role.In the case of Aswani Sarin,he approached the slave traders to buy a girl to prove that slave trading was thriving in the country.

According to expects,if sarin didn’t approach the slave traders to buy a girl,they wouldn’t sell him one either.It might be a breach of  media ethics but as an investigative reporter,I often asked myself then how I expose someone who is in murky world.

Ashwini Sarin

was the Delhi-based Indian Express reporter who ‘bought’ Kamla at a market place in Dholpur to make a strong social statement – money can buy anything.But its another matter that no body knows what had happened to Kamla after that(Kamla was sent to an orphanage in Delhi, from where she disappeared after few weeks).But hats of to Indian Express editorial team to allow Sarin to carried out the story.