No means yes
At 13 years of age, I quickly learned that 'no' can also mean 'yes'. It all started with a game of truth and dare. I confessed to a few girlfriends that I liked this older boy in school. And guess what, It turned out that this boy liked me back. He ...
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Susu Waali Jagah
Susu Wali Jagah
When I was 8, someone drew me a picture with a pencil on a piece of plywood. It looked like an inverted pyramid to me at that time. But the person who drew it told me “it is what you have and you should show it to ...
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She screamed at the top of her voice and everybody around her KNEW what was goin...
So, this horrific incident didn't happen to me, but I was equally shook.
It was 7 am in the morning and our bus driver had to pick up a junior from the next stop (which was in front of a mall btw, a very popular one infact). She was the ...
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Do not hesitate to Lodge a complaint, do not hesitate to reach out for help
We were 4 friends, a married couple and two girls, travelling to Ernakulam, after a vacation at Varkala, Kerala. We had caught a morning train from Varkala that was supposed to reach Ernakulam at 2pm. Since it was a few hours' journey, we were on the sleeper class. After about half ...
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It was like hell
Hello everyone I am from Mysore city. At the age of 17, I was studying for my PUC and was having a lot of friends including boys. I am an only child.
On Feb 1, 2012 I was walking to college when my friend (who is a girl) called me and said ...
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Tuition teacher/Molester
I was 10 years old and used to go for math tuitions to a man who was about 50 years old. He was known to my family. He used to insist on taking 1:1 lessons in the afternoon while his wife was asleep. We would sit on the dining table and he would ...
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You never know who's watching
From my office window,my colleagues and I had seen a young man physically assaulting a young woman at the foot over bridge of the railway station. They both appeared to know each other. I asked two of my male colleagues to go with me to the spot and intervene. ...
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Saving a man from near death at a bus stop
It was around 3:15 pm while i was crossing platform number 8 in Majestic and heard a human crying in a distressed manner, closer Inspection shook me badly as his chest was bulging and he was sweating litres. The number of people from the public was more than 40 -50 across the ...
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Bystanders and moral policing
This experience is perhaps, quite frivolous but it demonstrates in how many small ways bystanders can intervene. I am an advocate and was appearing in a case at a forum that does not require an advocate to be in uniform (black and white with gown). So, I wore a green ...
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I noticed she was quite uncomfortable and so I excused myself and shook his hand
I was on a panel at my old school and we were invited to speak at a seminar on Montessori education. There were two males and two females and we all shared our experiences of our school life and the positives and negatives. Once the panel got over, I noticed ...
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