Friday, 7 October 2016

My Fight with Street Harassment!

I’ve had to face street harassment on a regular basis since the age of 11. The lewd stares, the whistling, a gang of whispering men turning around and smirking at me, a group of  boys coming up to my parked car to drop their number, the not-so-accidental graze a sweaty man would make against me in a crowded market… I thought I’d seen it all. I thought that this was as bad as it would get for me. Begrudgingly, I had even come to accept...

Sunday, 19 June 2016

Even Abaya cannot Stop them!

“When Abaya cannot shield a Woman: Fault is in Men thinking not in Women Outlooks” She looked very nervous. She rushed in to the class room, putting her bag in haste and sat on her seat looking a bit frightened. Her seat was beside me, I noticed her anxiousness but didn’t bombarded her with questions in response, giving her the freedom of keeping her personal matters or private happenings undercover if she was not willing to discuss;...