BBC documentary 'India's Daughter' which was aired in all parts of the world except India, created a tarnishing opinion on Indian men.

Indian Government banned telecast of BBC documentary stating the film will affect the country's image. But going against the ban, BBC telecasted the documentary. Even though, the German envoy in New Delhi reacted sharply and condemned the professor's opinion saying India was not a country of rapists The damage was already done.

The professor in Germany citing rape problem in India rejected to offer internships to male Indian students. Professor Beck-Sickinger of Leipzig University in Free State of Saxony had rejected the internship application, saying she does not accept any Indian male student for the internship. "Unfortunately I don't accept any Indian male students for internships. We hear a lot about the rape problem in India which I cannot support. I have many female students in my group, so I think this attitude is something I cannot support", Sickinger said in a reported email.

Taking note of the incident, German Ambassador Michael Steiner wrote a strong-worded letter to the professor following which she apologised for her unwarranted remarks in the rejection letter to the student whose identity is not known. I have made a mistake. I sincerely apologise to everyone whose feelings I have hurt, Sickinger was quoted as saying by the German embassy in a release here.

In his letter, Steiner said, Let's be clear: "India is not a country of rapists. In India, the Nirbhaya case has triggered a lively honest, sustained and very healthy public debate - a public debate of a quality that wouldn't be possible in many other countries. The Indian Government and Indian civil society organisations are very committed to tackling the issue".  

He said: "the Nirbhaya rape case has refocused attention on the issue of violence against women. Rape is indeed a serious issue in India as in most countries, including Germany. Your oversimplifying and discriminating generalization is an offense to these women and men ardently committed to furthering women empowerment in India, and it is an offense to millions of law-abiding, tolerant, open-minded and hard-working Indians", he said.