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Somy Ali is all for women power

Somy Ali, who was seen in Bollywood movies from 1991 to 1998 and currently runs her non-profit organisation, No More Tears in Florida, has stressed that it will truly be a celebration of women only when they feel safe. On...
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Somy Ali, who was seen in Bollywood movies from 1991 to 1998 and currently runs her non-profit organisation, No More Tears in Florida, has stressed that it will truly be a celebration of women only when they feel safe.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day today, when asked what must change in India for women to be truly safe, she said, “Survivors must be believed. I spoke up and was ostracised, attacked and shunned. My friends abandoned me. My story was dismissed. My work was banned. Why? Because powerful men still control the world. The women I help through No More Tears always tell me the same thing, ‘I was afraid no one would believe me.’ India needs more than just laws on paper—it needs real enforcement, real protection and real change.”

She further mentioned Malala Yousafzai, Mukhtaran Mai and Michelle Obama, and said these women had defied oppression, challenged power and made history.

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