INDEED. 
>>> ANOTHER STORY OUT OF INDIA 
GOING VIRAL.
WHEN YOU'RE ONE OF THE BIGGEST 
STARS IN A NATION OF OVER A 
BILLION PEOPLE, OTHERS TEND TO 
LISTEN WHEN YOU SPEAK.
HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS IS SPEAKING 
OUT AND TAKING A LOT OF HEAT FOR
IT.
SHE JOINS ME NOW.
I'M NERVOUS MEETING YOU.
I WATCHED THIS VIDEO.
I WANT TO PLAY A CLIP OF THIS 
VIDEO BECAUSE YOU WENT FOR IT 
WITH THIS JOURNALIST IN THIS 
PRESS CONFERENCE.
WOW, LET'S SEE THIS. 
>> I THINK YOU NEED TO DO YOUR 
HOMEWORK WELL BECAUSE I SAID 
INDIAN SOCIETY IS REGRESSIVE FOR
WOMEN.
WITH FEMALE GANG RAPES MAKING 
THE HEADLINES OF EVERY 
NEWSPAPER.
40% OF INDIAN WOMEN, 40% ARE 
MARRIED BELOW THE AGE OF 18.
I THINK IT'S A VERY, VERY 
REGRESSIVE STATE FOR WOMEN.
APPLA
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>> AND I STAND BY IT.
DO YOUR HOMEWORK. 
>> I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE 
BELIEVE. 
>> LIKE I SAID, WOW.
I DID MY HOMEWORK TODAY TO 
HEADACHE AS YOU WERE YOU WEREN'T
GOING TO SNAP AT MY HEELS.
WHAT WAS IT THAT REALLY RATTLED 
YOUR CAGE?
WAS IT THE JOURNALIST ASKED ME. 
>> THE JOURNALIST ASKED ME TO 
KEEP QUIET ABOUT WHAT I AM 
PASSIONATE ABOUT THE AND GANG 
RAPE AND WHEN I'M VOEBLG L I 
GIVE INDIA A BAD NAME ON AN 
INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM.
I THINK NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT
IT, NOT TAKING A STAND ON IT IS 
AS MUCH A PROBLEM.
I HAVE TO TAKE A STAND ON IT.
I LOVE MY COUNTRY.
I FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
AND PIERS, RIGHT NOW, THIS 
MINUTE WE TALK, IF WE DO NOT 
TAKE A STAND ON IT, THERE IS A 
WOMAN SUFFER INCOME INDIA.
ACCORDING TO UNF, 47% OF INDIAN 
WOMEN ARE MARRIED OFF UNDER THE 
LEGAL AGE OF 18. 
>> THERE IS AMAZING STATISTICS. 
>> 39,000 CHILD BRIBES IN INDIA 
ON AN AVERAGE EVERY DAY AND 
THESE WOMEN, THEY DO NOT HAVE 
THE LUXURY FOR WAITING FOR A 
CHANGE. 
>> SOME OF THE STATIC TICKS ARE 
INCREDIBLE.
65% OF WOMEN ARE ILLITERATE AND 
47% OF GIRLS ARE MARRIED BY THE 
AGE OF 18 AND 18% BY 15 AND 25% 
OF SENATE CONGRESS ARE FEMALE IN
AMERICA, 10 TO 11% IN INDIA, 
EVEN THOUGH YOU HAD OBVIOUSLY 
FEMALE PRIME MINISTERS AND 
INDEED PRESIDENT.
LET'S DISCUSS THE ISSUE, YOU 
HAVE COME TO AMERICA AND WORKED 
IN HOLLYWOOD, HAS THAT GIVEN YOU
A DIFFERENT LENS ON YOUR 
COUNTRY?
HAS IT REINFORCED YOUR VIEW THAT
THINGS MUST CHANGE IN INDIA?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE, BECAUSE I
THINK, PIERS, INDIA IS ON THE 
BRINK OF A RISE, AND I WANT 
EVERYONE TO RISE TOGETHER.
