The #MeToo movement here is gathering the momentum of a tornado, and has already felled some small fry. A few names that have come up in the shameful outings, however, seem to have escaped unscathed.

The biggest one of them all being M J Akbar, former editor of The Asian Age and currently minister of state for external affairs in the Union government. Nine women have already come out on social media accusing the junior minister of sexual harassment during the course of his extensive career as a journalist. Journalist Priya Ramani's tweet calling out Akbar as a sexual predator set the ball rolling. Women began to share their own abhorrent experiences with Akbar.