On the occasion of the 78th Independence Day, Bollywood celebrities took to their social media handles to wish everyone on this day but with an important message shedding light on women’s safety. Their posts come amid the horrifying Kolkata doctor rape and murder case that has left the nation in shame and shock. 

Raveena Tandon wrote, “Today with Pride my children and I walk with our heads held high saying we are INDIAN. Nonetheless, the sadness that leaves an ache in our hearts, the brutal violations of our women, the inequalities in our workplaces, all I ask my dear country, we are half of you, women today in our country are a force to reckon with, we might not be equals in muscle, a lone woman might not be able to fight off 5 men, but in emotions, intellect, feelings we are all the same. We gave birth to you.”