Being 24

I was working in MNC Tech-support centre. The Tempo-traveler driver would drive at maniacal speeds for cheap thrills on the roads of Bangalore. Others did not want to go against the driver and make an issue out of it. Talking him out of speeding only earned his ire. Anticipating a road accident, I complained to the management about the driver. He disappeared from our route for a month & came back again to seek revenge. Some drivers warned & asked me to avoid his route for sometime. He would deliberately drop me last late in the night, make lewd comments, declare threats. It was scary to be in the same place as him. I had already put my papers and quit in a weeks time & hence unknowing escaped a plight that a few years later happened Pratibha from HP. She was brutally raped and murdered by the cab driver. A few months after I quit, one of the vehicles of the MNC lost control banged into the wall of HAL compound. A young lad, new joinee, died in the accident and many were injured. Speed control was introduced & measures were taken.

Action Shero Anonymous

place: Bangalore

Being 15

This was in 1996. I was walking down Wood Street in Kolkata with a friend. We were heading towards my house which was just about 4 mins by walk. The time was about 7:30PM. We were busy talking while we walked. Suddenly I looked towards my right and my friend was not there. Then I looked around and walked back to find her. I saw a man with his back towards me. I walked upfront and realized that he was forcefully trying to kiss her and she was struggling. Instantly I pulled her towards we with all my strength. The stranger pulled out a knife from his pocket and said "chilayegi to chod dunga". I was too shocked to believe what was going on. At that moment I could not think of doing anything else but run for our lives. I grabbed my friends hand and we started to run as fast as possible. We were both trembling with fear. We reached my house and informed both our parents immediately. My friend kept crying and brushing her teeth. Her parents came to pick her up. She did not come to school for a week. I can imagine the trauma she went through. My hands and legs were trembling for a long time and I could not sleep properly. The face of that molester kept coming in my head. He was a short stout, bald middle aged man with blood-shot red eyes. I can still remember his face after so many years. If I would ever see him again I would want him behind bars.

Action Shero Anonymous

Place: Kolkata

Being 14

I was 14 and walking to school alone, because I was mad at my girlfriends. In a big field along my way a 17 year old male tried to rape me. I hit him with my books and ran away. He chased me but stopped when I got to a populated area. I was wearing a pretty new dress and felt so pretty that morning. After that I was scared to be along with any male, forty years after I will still never walk alone in the woods or an open field, and worst of all I was and am scared to feel pretty.

Action Shero Beckie Weinheimer

Place: Bountiful, Utah United States Of America