Being 19

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I was in class X , travelling in DTC bus with my elder brother to school.I sat on the left side, in the Ladies only section , on the window seat and my brother went at the back in the men's section. The bus was nearly empty with not more than 8 to 10 people in it, so quite a lot of seats were empty. A man, must be in his 40's , entered and sat besides me. I felt a bit uneasy as firstly, it was a ladies seat, and secondly there were so many seats entirely empty, then why sit with me. I had my school bag on my lap, and my school uniform was salwar kameez. After few minutes , I felt something on my lap, and I looked downwards and I felt my private part being pressed. I was horrified and lifted the bag from my lap to find that man's hand there. I pushed him aside, bursted into tears, shouted on my brother to come sit next to me, and that man ran and got out of bus. Everybody must have understood something had happened, but nobody did anything, my brother , just one year elder to me, asked me what happened, and I could'nt reply but cry. That was the first shocking event of my life when I became aware that such disgusting people exist in this world and since then, travelling in public transport has been a nightmare for me.


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Place: Janakpuri, New Delhi India

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