So, was I just supposed to resign to everything that was happening to me? In my view, just because something is common and part of pregnancy, cannot make it normal.

My mother always told me I should not compromise and do what others want me to, if that is not in my best interests. 6 things she taught me that make me the woman I am today.

Shouldn’t the focus be on getting men to stop molesting women under the pretext of Holi, and not on locking women up? 

The comment bura na mano Holi hai has become slogan used to excuse the worst kind of behaviour: invading personal space, touching, defacing and groping the most inappropriate places because oops! the hand slipped.

That day I dared to sneak out from a small gap between the opening of the door and the wall to see what happens... and it horrified me.