Talks won't work for women safety: Aishwarya Rai

With so many assaults taking place every day in India, Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan feels that safety of women has become the prime concern and a lot needs to be done to make women feel secure. Aish also feels angry and disappointed because there has been a lot of talk over the issues but nothing concrete has been done yet.

Former Miss World, also a mother of a year old daughter said, "I don't feel fear, rather there is a lot of anger and I don't hesitate to say this. Many of us are privileged to have a lot of assurance about our safety but most of the women in our country do not have that".

Aishwarya, was in the capital to attend the second edition of Zindagi Live Awards. Expressing her disapproval over verbal promises, she further said, "A lot is being said but a lot more needs to be done about it. There should be definite laws for offenders. They should be punished immediately. That is when we will see the change in the society".

Clad is golden-blue Anarkali suit, Aishwarya is somewhere happy that people are at least talking about women safety and protesting against incidents like December 16 Delhi gang rape. "Such incidents still happen though. It also happened the very next day of the Delhi gangrape. But I am glad that we are talking about it. The incident has brought about a lot of attention and awareness but the change needs to come immediately," said the actor.

Apart from Mrs Bachchan, Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit, Union Minister Farooq Abdullash and cricketer Gautam Gambhir were present at the occasion to honor women who challenged social stigma.