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| Action Hero Sapna "I am a widow. My husband always told me to wear my nose pin even if he died. I wear this nose pin and people taunt me for it. According to my religion, women are not supposed to wear gold or any jewellery or the colour red when they become widows. Widows don’t wear a nose pin. I am thinking of my husbands words and wearing it. What is wrong with that? I’m not wearing sindoor, or anything red. If I wear a nose pin, what’s wrong with it? Is it a problem? " I Never Ask For It. I really wish to wear a pair of jeans and a sleeveless shirt. I want to take a photo wearing it on the Puri beach. Asking For It. Action Heroes Build Evidence - Share your testimony |
tiny pink spots ≠ inclusion
#SegregationNoSolution
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| Pink Taxi Service, for women by women |
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| Women's reservation Bangalore Bus |
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| Women's train compartment, Bombay |
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| Ladies Special Pink Bus, Bangalore |
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| Women's seat reserved in Tokyo Train |
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| Women only auto rickshaw, Delhi |
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| women only park , Iran |
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| women's compartment, Delhi Metro |
#SafeCityPledge
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| Mumbai |
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| Calcutta |
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| Delhi |
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Pink Taxi. Pink Bus.
Remember the blog post about the Pink Ladies Special Bangalore Municipal Transport Corporation bus?
Now there's a pink taxi in Puebla, Mexico too.
And women only park in Iran
And women only hotel in Riyadh
And women only bus service in Mexico City.
And women only cars in Tokyo
And MODESTY BUSES in Jerusalem
And women only taxis in Dublin
And women only PINK coaches in Mexico City
this list is to be continued...
With this we ask again:
How do you experience public environments that are exclusively male or female.
Do you see this as a strategy that 'tackles' the issue?
What would you propose to make public commuting safe?
(answer in any colour you like)
UNWANTED. SECTION 354
because I hate to keep you in suspense I am writing about what happened a month after I put these photos up!
bus from kerala to karnataka. I need to get to my seat. The man standing in front of me wont move and let me get to my seat. I say" excuse me? "/ " solpa side please?!"/
He gives me the blank look after which I direct my hands in a manner that indicates he must move a little away from me so that I can reach my seat. After all, the last thing I need to do is get my body brushed against a stranger's- especially when there is no dirth of space.
He succumbs but hisses a " zzzxsssk!" staring my anatomy into little pieces.
In less than 3 minutes I realize that he has the seat in front of me. The seats recline, the hands recline even further.
All between him and me is the needle.
UNWANTED .SECTION 354 IPC
The photograph has been readjusted to make the 'perpetrators' unrecognizable. Blank Noise seeks to build dialogue about street sexual harassment and is not attempting isolate any one person or incident.
(year 2009)
He placed his hand on my breast and stood still. I didn�t even realize it until I looked down and saw his hand there.
�Excuse me! What are you doing!?�
Silence. He looks the other way.
�Hello! Mister?! Answer me!�
�It was an accident. The bus is crowded.�
The bus is not crowded. This is not an accident.
I start shooting him down.
Your name?
Rajesh Channaith
What do you do?
I manufacture mementos and trophies.
He answers the questions with ease. I am alarmed at his not feeling threatened. I call a male friend who is standing in the other end of the bus
My friend gets into a conversation before which he asks me if I was sure if this guy �really did it�.
My friend and he talk in the local language. Next thing I know is that the guy has his hand towards in close proximity with me, once again violating my space and asking me to forgive him.
He continues to explain the situation to my friend, saying that the bus was �crowded� and that this was an accident. I continue to shoot him down.
We get off the bus. He gets off the bus.
� I have a family. I have two children. Please don�t do this!�
