The Blank Noise Project

Eve-teasing is a word that's unique to India. And my knowledge of this subject ends here. I didn't know how common it was till I visited The Blank Noise Project. They are protesting against steet harassment and have declared a blog-a-thon for 7th March. However, since 7th March is the day I will mourn my IIML interview I decided to post this here and now. Since I don't have any great ideas or experiences (thankfully), here's directly you to something that those 'female' amongst us have to go through.

Excerpt from knownturf.blogspot.com

Some things, you learn to expect, growing up a girl.

You expect to confront harrassment as surely as the sun in May and the fog in a Delhi December.

When you leave the house, an invisible snake of alert suspicion will wind down from your shoulders down your back and become a clenched fist in all public spaces, through all journeys.

How optimistic you're feeling about man-kind, on any given day, determines whether you take a bus home, or just hop into an auto, or a cab, knowing you cannot really afford it. If you really cannot afford an auto some day, you will not take the bus at rush-hour.
You'll let bus after bus after bus go past. Waiting is tiresome. But waiting is easier than bristling.

You didn't always expect to do this, of course. One learns these things, by and by.

I recommend reading the whole article. Cannot decide after reading whether to feel happy or sad? Happy because I am 'lucky' enough to be male or sad because I had to add the lucky part.
Eve-teasing is not only a word that's unique to India. It's also gruesome. Added that to my knowledge base today.