A significant majority of Hyderabad's womenfolk have resorted to the protective measure of carrying packets of extremely pungent chilli powder either on their persona or handbags while stepping out of their homes and are ardently looking forward to graduating to pepper sprays as the same are a far more effective way of protecting oneself in their humble opinions.......
Responding to the horrific incident of a gutsy girl who preferred to jump out of a moving auto after spraying her wannabe assailants with pepper spray rather than submitting herself to the ignominy of becoming a rape victim; Hyderabadi women are almost of the unanimous opinion that APSRTC buses and MMTS trains are anything but safe for the womenfolk who summon up the courage to board them........
Instances of eve teasing within public transport are so common place according to these very same women; if anything such instances have only increased over a period of time instead of showing a downward incline and we are left with no other recourse other than dealing with the situation in the manner that we best deem fit, they opine.........
There are incidents of garrulous men passing lewd remarks, feeling us inappropriately, groping us, whistling and even going to the extent of taking photographs of us with their cell phones on a daily basis and we have little or no choice other than putting up with these highly disturbing behaviours if we want to continue travelling on these MMTS trains, they say...........
"A few enterprising and dandy men board the physically handicapped section of the compartment which is flimsily segregated from the ladies compartment by a mesh; these men keep ogling us and passing inappropriate and highly derogatory comments. Some men have even gone as far as following us to either our places of work or residences after alighting from these trains at the metro stations while commenting on our physical attributes throughout, the women conclude.........
Bringing these behaviours or instances to the notice of a police official is an exercise in futility according to these long suffering womenfolk as these very same men in khakhi who are meant to protect and reassure them do precious little other than warning these lotharios and asking the women to be careful and extremely wary of such elements in the future.......
A lot many women have resorted to the extreme measure of covering themselves from head to toe in an effort to avoid attracting these amorous glances and innuendos, but say that these sick individuals do no let them be despite resorting to the same, the more enterprising amongst the menfolk start throwing slips of paper with their telephone numbers on them at us and a few even resort to playing sleazy songs at high volumes in an effort to attract our singular attention........
Not all of us can afford to spend Rs. 200 or more per day on moving around in autos, these auto wallahs have their very own rules and means of operating, they demand exhorbitant fares to begin with, steadfastly refuse to ply by the meter and vehemently refuse to turn their autos in the direction that we expect them to unless it suits their selfish ends.........
These very same autos are also not safe any longer, the drivers often have a male companion along with them for reasons only known to them, are often inebriated or under the influence of other intoxicants and opium; some of them harbour dishonourable intentions as the incident involving Hyderabad's 23 year old brave heart has proved beyond every reasonable doubt, these plucky young women go on to say.........
Nothing much will change on the ground unless society as a whole stops dismissing these incidents as petty and things that a woman has to put up with in the course of her daily routine one extremely agitated woman says and the callous attitude of both society as a whole and even our very own families in a majority of such instances have left us with no other choice other than grinning and putting up with these utterly humiliating and demeaning instances these long suffering women sign off.......
In the meanwhile, the great Indian tamasha of looking the other way and conveniently sweeping any and every ugly societal truth or unpleasant occurrence under the carpet continues unabated..........
Responding to the horrific incident of a gutsy girl who preferred to jump out of a moving auto after spraying her wannabe assailants with pepper spray rather than submitting herself to the ignominy of becoming a rape victim; Hyderabadi women are almost of the unanimous opinion that APSRTC buses and MMTS trains are anything but safe for the womenfolk who summon up the courage to board them........
Instances of eve teasing within public transport are so common place according to these very same women; if anything such instances have only increased over a period of time instead of showing a downward incline and we are left with no other recourse other than dealing with the situation in the manner that we best deem fit, they opine.........
There are incidents of garrulous men passing lewd remarks, feeling us inappropriately, groping us, whistling and even going to the extent of taking photographs of us with their cell phones on a daily basis and we have little or no choice other than putting up with these highly disturbing behaviours if we want to continue travelling on these MMTS trains, they say...........
"A few enterprising and dandy men board the physically handicapped section of the compartment which is flimsily segregated from the ladies compartment by a mesh; these men keep ogling us and passing inappropriate and highly derogatory comments. Some men have even gone as far as following us to either our places of work or residences after alighting from these trains at the metro stations while commenting on our physical attributes throughout, the women conclude.........
Bringing these behaviours or instances to the notice of a police official is an exercise in futility according to these long suffering womenfolk as these very same men in khakhi who are meant to protect and reassure them do precious little other than warning these lotharios and asking the women to be careful and extremely wary of such elements in the future.......
A lot many women have resorted to the extreme measure of covering themselves from head to toe in an effort to avoid attracting these amorous glances and innuendos, but say that these sick individuals do no let them be despite resorting to the same, the more enterprising amongst the menfolk start throwing slips of paper with their telephone numbers on them at us and a few even resort to playing sleazy songs at high volumes in an effort to attract our singular attention........
Not all of us can afford to spend Rs. 200 or more per day on moving around in autos, these auto wallahs have their very own rules and means of operating, they demand exhorbitant fares to begin with, steadfastly refuse to ply by the meter and vehemently refuse to turn their autos in the direction that we expect them to unless it suits their selfish ends.........
These very same autos are also not safe any longer, the drivers often have a male companion along with them for reasons only known to them, are often inebriated or under the influence of other intoxicants and opium; some of them harbour dishonourable intentions as the incident involving Hyderabad's 23 year old brave heart has proved beyond every reasonable doubt, these plucky young women go on to say.........
Nothing much will change on the ground unless society as a whole stops dismissing these incidents as petty and things that a woman has to put up with in the course of her daily routine one extremely agitated woman says and the callous attitude of both society as a whole and even our very own families in a majority of such instances have left us with no other choice other than grinning and putting up with these utterly humiliating and demeaning instances these long suffering women sign off.......
In the meanwhile, the great Indian tamasha of looking the other way and conveniently sweeping any and every ugly societal truth or unpleasant occurrence under the carpet continues unabated..........
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