The widespread prevalence of violence and harassment also needs to be acknowledged – and challenged – without putting the responsibility on women.
Tag: sexual harassment
My Poetry is Angry
My poetry is too threatened and my voice long too suppressed to be anything but normal.
An Open Letter to Priya Ramani, the Courts and My Family
Perhaps my speaking up could also lend some small bit of courage to someone else.
Fighting Back
After being attacked in broad daylight last week in Bangalore, I learnt that hurting me is finally going to come with a price tag.
The Fragile Sanctity of Being Female
How do you fight a system that is fuelled by an inflated ego, nursed over centuries of use and abuse?
Opening up About ‘Our Little Secret’: A Letter to My Abuser
On being sexually abused as a child by the family driver.
Lunar Cycles
A poem on the fear of harassment that women and girls routinely encounter in cities and society's tendency to blame victims.
Feminism: The Vilifying of a Collective Dream
We need the movement for a better tomorrow – not just for women, but for everyone.
Telling Your Parents Your Child Sexual Abuse Story
How do you tell the story of your abuse? Where do you start? Am I telling a story of a girl who is victim or a story of a …