I didn’t ask for it. He (and I shall refer to him in variants of that word) is in his 50s. I won’t describe him. I can. But I won’t. Because he knows who he is. He is a rapist. Not the kind of rapist you hear about on the news- kidnapping, molesting, raping, murdering- not those ones. He belongs to the kind of rapists who silently undress ...

There is no such thing as the passive observer when it comes to violence against women. That’s because every woman is a victim when it comes to sexual crime. Whether it is something as minor as the extremely uncomfortable stare of that man standing next to you on the bus or something as earth-shattering as gang rape, with all the eve-teasing, hon ...

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Saturday @ 11 am: An NRI returned to India, Mrs. X: “How does eve teasing scar your daughter or any girl in this country?” Monday @ 9.30 am: My nanny, Pretty P: “Can I go home early today amma? My father kicked me in the chest and I can barely hold myself up.” Previous Friday @ noon: Me: “Honey .. I don’t want to go via 12th main road ( ...

That women feel safe to go about their daily lives without any fear. That they respect women’s life choices. That they are more civil to women. ‘they’: The ones who have this shocking bias towards women. Not just the violent. It’s easy to blame it on their background. Come to think of it, most of them are not driven by ratio ...

Where Caste is no bar Where the Cross of Christ Or Star of Allah Neither holds any sway Where love is without rhyme or reason Without beauty, without religion Where the heart fills with the love of one Without presumption, without expectation Who bears The burden of love And the pain of inadequacy Who puts blood Before strife Before sacrifice Makes ...

I turned my head, saw the sky. It was as cool as it was years back. In spite of the incident, it remained unattached and calm. My process of thinking is little weird. When I play Holi, I think of colour and water. We mix colour into water, play as much we want. We think of the pleasure that we get from it. We think about ourselves, our clothes whic ...