Here’s why I felt unsafe in these place:
1) Delhi- well, I don’t think I even need to explain this but specifically there was this one incident that terrified me. I was travelling in a train and this random stranger came and slept on the front berth where a girl was already deep alseep. I was quite young and naive ( also, was traveling solo ) I stood up and told people around and they had a fight but he disappeared until the train reached the old Delhi platform ( train was delayed by some hours and we reached at 2-3 am ) he started following me when I got down the bus but luckily I ran for my life to the police that I saw nearby on the platform. also thankgod my voice is so shrill, you can hear me from a km away.
2) Gorakhpur: My home. I always had a love hate with this place because tbh all the traumas that I have been carrying for years has originated from here. Since I was in school, I wanted to run away and that might be one of the reasons I started traveling. Cant really disclose what but the harrasments, assault, voilence I experienced here at a very young age, damanged me for life.
3) Aurangabad- There was not a particular reason but I felt off during my trip here and so did my friend with me. I rarely saw women outside and felt really stared upon by THAT MALE GAZE yk. It felt unsafe
4) Abu Dhabi- I know UAE is said to be one of the safest but back in 2021 when I was traveling with mumma, we went shopping to one of the shops where a middle aged man kept following us and even tried to touch me from the back, not once but multiple times. My mom noticed and told me to leave slowly because she saw him take pictures of some other girl from behind too.
5) Bali- Bali was pretty chill overall but this one cab driver just kept getting too cheeky and kept asking weird questions.
6) Kashmir- this was the most unexpected and heart breaking for me because I absolutely love kashmir and visit pretty much every year. I went with a cab driver for sightseeing.
I was assigned a driver to take me to different locations around in/ near Srinagar and he was all sweet and nice when we met the first day as Kashmiris generally are. They’re one of the best people I have met but the second day he took me to a few locations then asked me if I knew how to drive, I said no I don’t know that well but someday I want to learn. He got excited and told how he taught a girl few days back and he said he will teach me.
Being as spontaneous as I am I said okay. He took the car to an area where there was barely anyone around ( I still hoped that this might be because he wants me to learn safely) and then he actually told me how to drive it.
But.
As I sat in the drivers seats and my hands were on the wheel he started to touch my hand again and hand.
Even then I thought MAYBE JUST MAYBE it must be an accident as he was teaching me but then I saw he was leaning too much towards me and my eyes went to this other hand which he was using to jerk off.
I couldn’t think straight, behaved like i didn’t see and got off the car pretending to have gotten a call from my other Creator friend who was waiting for me at Dal lake. I made sure to say it loudly that I have sent her the location on WhatsApp and we were just coming immediately. I prentended to be on call with her the whole time on our way back and told the organisers ( who was a female btw) about this but you know what? Nothing changed. They did not even change my driver even after I fought. They didn’t care. I had a flight the next day and they sent him to pick me up, I was frozen throughout my way back to airport because it was early in the morning and I couldn’t arrange someone else. Even after telling them clearly that I want someone else, they didn’t care.
Who’s fault is this? My? Because I travel? Or authorities? Who don’t care?
Or the person who does all the bullshit and gets away with it?
