“I was born in Shillong and it was nice to women. In many cases women were the heads of the family. I landed in Delhi to find work and everything changed. I started getting all kind of name calling. I remember there was no women compartment in the metro and one day this man across my seat was staring at me. He looked at me with these dirty eyes like he was going to eat me. It felt disgusting and I felt invaded. And this was only one among many such incidents. But I was not going to sit in silence and in submission. Almost every single day I confronted these people. Sometimes I had to physically fight with them. I might be small but I was not letting anyone get away with it. And then the Nirbhaya Dehli gang rape happened which changed my life.” (1/3) (Pushpa Gurung, Lakeside Pokhara)