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A story of day and night

How safe is my city? To answer that I have to tell you a story of a day and a night. I was at one of my regular bus […]Read more

Small town safety

This happened in Silchar (in Assam) a few months ago, right on one of the centrally located streets of the town, in full view of the people on the street […]Read more

Things have changed……….

People are crazy & the times are strange, I’m locked in tight, I’m outta range, I used to care but things have changed. Yes my friends, I […]Read more

How safe is my city?

In Lagos, Nigeria, as I was threatened with loss of life and limb if I dared roll down the windows of my cab in forty-degree heat, I thought longingly of […]Read more

Sexism is alive and well. Just ask Google.

Type ‘women should’ into Google search and its autocomplete option throws up a few stomach-churning suggestions, including ‘women should be slaves’ and ‘women should stay in the kitchen’. Conversely, type […]Read more

Freedom- freely doomed!

Sitting down and wondering what my first thought this morning was and what followed, I realized I have an extensive mental checklist that can give a running to even the […]Read more

Darkness of Delhi’s Nightlife

Delhi-The capital city of India, has been in news now and again for not-so-good reasons. It has even been titled ‘The rape capital’ of India’. Late night ice-creams at India […]Read more

Trigger the talk………….break the silence!

With all the discussions and debates around the Tehelka episode, I am compelled to reflect and remember my own personal experiences on sexual harassment both in public and at the […]Read more

“Free-Fair-Fearless”?!?!?!?!

An age old question is raised again- what drives a man to commit sexual abuse and harassment of women? What kind of pleasure do men derive from the fear, hatred, […]Read more

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