Last week, as the #MeToo movement gathered more steam with countless other women calling out their harassers and molesters, one such post took us back to a time when we worked for television. In her detailed post on social media, this woman, a former colleague of ours, and now a popular casting director for Hollywood films, had outed a leading actor from the Malayalam film industry. She recalled her harrowing time as a 20-year-old crew member on the sets of a regional TV quiz show. His actions were reported to her boss who promptly flew her out of the city.

As soon as she posted that account, massive support poured in from all quarters. Colleagues, past and present, and friends applauded her for her guts, and saluted her bravery. Many others who had outed big names, also joined in. But, this is where things took an ugly turn. All of a sudden, certain tweets began to insinuate that she was trying to jeopardise the 'fair' name of the actor who is now a politician. This was coming from a space where it was alleged that she was playing politics since her former boss [the one who sent her home] is also a politician from a rival party. Our jaw dropped.