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I second that, the image of India was already dented before this documentary was released.
Indias image was not dented at all, since most in Europe at least are not generalizing, like Indians are doing here. They are aware about the rape problem, because that is one of the bad things that makes it to the news here and as we all know, because such a problem exists and not because the media is making it up. But at the same time, Indias image had increased many times in the last decade, because of the political stability, because of the economic push, because of the reduction of poverty, because of the elections as I mentioned before, because of increased interest in Bollywood, because of the food and most of all, because of the tourism factor and the Incredible India Campaign!
The awareness of several other sides of India, apart of poverty is growing and growing, not only because the west finally understands that India has more to offer, but also because India began to stand out and went beyond the past of being just a 3rd world country with nukes!
The rape issues might have reduced that to an extend, but then it's on us to change that view again, by openly showing our protest angainst these rapists, against the old mindsets that still differs so much between the genders, against governments that are doing too little to change the problem...
Hiding this problem doesn't make it go away, nor does it make India's image better, so don't focus on the wrong side, just for the sake of blaming somebody, while the focus should be on tackling the problem itself!