Critics Slam Art That Depicts Abused Indian Goddesses, Raises Awareness For Domestic Violence

By Reshmi Kaur Oberoi, Women's eNews NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)--When the Indian ad agency Taproot released an "Abused Goddesses" campaign in India in September, Jasmine Wahi, an American artist of Indian descent, had a two-part reaction. First she liked it; then she didn't. In the campaign, photographs are taken of women dressed according to depictions of Hindu goddesses, but marred by bruises and open wounds. "Pray that we never see this day," reads the accompanying message. "Today, more than 68 p...