My Story: In 6 Months We Caught 140 Sexual Harassers In Ladies Compartment Of Mumbai Locals

[4Vikram]

“I grew up in a slum in Bombay. Since I was young, my father didn’t keep very well and I grew up watching my mother work around the clock to make ends meet. She started her own catering business, and would sometimes work over 12 hours in a day — the people in my slum looked down upon her for coming home at ‘odd hours’ and spoke badly about her, but that only increased the respect I had for her. At 16, I gave up my education and started working to support my mother — my first job was as an office boy. I used to help fix computers — I was the first one to get to office and the last one to leave; I tried my best to learn more…to be more.

I rose up the ranks with time and finally ended up in sales. Within a few years, I got a job at a reputed ad agency — life had come full circle.

It was during this time that a particular incident changed my life. I had gotten onto the train station for my every day commute, when I saw a group of men harassing women who were trying to get into the ladies compartment. I couldn’t fight them alone, so I went to the cops who initially tried to dismiss me. After some coaxing, one of the officers came with me — but by then these men had left. I was really affected by this — I thought of my own mother who would return home late after work and being harassed in this manner…wouldn’t I have done something? I could’t let it go.

A friend and I started researching and observing multiple train stations only to realise that were hundreds of such men everywhere and over 85% of women had been harassed or felt fear while commuting.

I invested in buying a pair of sunglasses with a built in HD camera. I started standing at the end of women’s compartment and recording everything within my sight. My documentation made me feel sick– I got a taste of being in these women’s shoes, and the harassment they faced. We presented all this evidence to the inspector and showed him the magnitude of our problem — thankfully this time, he understood. A team of 40 police officers began working with us — everyday these cops and I would stand in between two stations. The live feed of my recordings would catch the offenders on camera so that by the time they reached the next station, our officers were waiting for them. Within 6 months, we caught hold on 140 offenders who were jailed. And our fight continues — I now take up more personal cases of domestic abuse and women who are feeling unsafe at any point — I do everything I can to help them.

I know I took a step towards this, because I felt personally responsible for the men who were behaving like beasts. All men everywhere are looked at in a certain light, because of the few hundreds who create the chaos — I wanted to try and restore that balance. I have tremendous respect for all women, and it started at home — my mother taught me well… I didn’t respect anyone as much as her. And maybe that’s the message we should send out — raise better boys at home, and the world will know fewer disrespectful men.”

– Dipesh Tank

 

[dakumangalsingh]

nenu kuda India ki velthe maa cousin gadu vunnadu engg ki potundu, I will try to educate him to respect women. Inka maa mama valla school vundii akkadiki poi 10 poragallaki guest lecture kinda try to tell them to respect women and behave properly. this is one of the thing I wanted to do when I go to India on vacation

[Batman_fan]

What are you talking man?

Some intelligent DB folks will now say - This is because they have dedicated compartments. This wouldn't happen if there weren't any of those compartments and ladies travel like any man. 

What those intelligent folks don't realize is, it is even worse in regular compartments, almost 10 times the number you mentioned. 

[dakumangalsingh]

1 minute ago, Batman_fan said:

What are you talking man?

Some intelligent DB folks will now say - This is because they have dedicated compartments. This wouldn't happen if there weren't any of those compartments and ladies travel like any man. 

What those intelligent folks don't realize is, it is even worse in regular compartments, almost 10 times the number you mentioned. 

mari db poragallani baga galeez ga ankuntunnav, they may be wearing white yellow and pink glasses but I don't think they might stoop that low.

[argadorn]

7 minutes ago, dakumangalsingh said:

nenu kuda India ki velthe maa cousin gadu vunnadu engg ki potundu, I will try to educate him to respect women. Inka maa mama valla school vundii akkadiki poi 10 poragallaki guest lecture kinda try to tell them to respect women and behave properly. this is one of the thing I wanted to do when I go to India on vacation

school lo ela chepthavu ....ela intialize chetshavu .... my version...first kids ki chocolates or pizza slice some kind of food theskoni po ...so vallu hintu nee story vintaru lekuntay gola gola ga untundhi .....

[4Vikram]

10 minutes ago, dakumangalsingh said:

nenu kuda India ki velthe maa cousin gadu vunnadu engg ki potundu, I will try to educate him to respect women. Inka maa mama valla school vundii akkadiki poi 10 poragallaki guest lecture kinda try to tell them to respect women and behave properly. this is one of the thing I wanted to do when I go to India on vacation

5 minutes ago, Batman_fan said:

What are you talking man?

Some intelligent DB folks will now say - This is because they have dedicated compartments. This wouldn't happen if there weren't any of those compartments and ladies travel like any man. 

What those intelligent folks don't realize is, it is even worse in regular compartments, almost 10 times the number you mentioned. 

kshamincheyi vuncle informative post anukuna intha interrogative post aitadi anukole

[4Vikram]

2 minutes ago, argadorn said:

school lo ela chepthavu ....ela intialize chetshavu .... my version...first kids ki chocolates or pizza slice some kind of food theskoni po ...so vallu hintu nee story vintaru lekuntay gola gola ga untundhi .....

agreed

[dakumangalsingh]

1 minute ago, argadorn said:

school lo ela chepthavu ....ela intialize chetshavu .... my version...first kids ki chocolates or pizza slice some kind of food theskoni po ...so vallu hintu nee story vintaru lekuntay gola gola ga untundhi .....

that was one of the idea bro, inka maa patha school ki kuda pota where i finished schooling ekkuva strength emi vundadu.

[Batman_fan]

Just now, dakumangalsingh said:

mari db poragallani baga galeez ga ankuntunnav, they may be wearing white yellow and pink glasses but I don't think they might stoop that low.

Oh wow, okay. If that is your perspective on this DB, that is fine. I have completely different one based on what I saw. 

[dakumangalsingh]

1 minute ago, Batman_fan said:

Oh wow, okay. If that is your perspective on this DB, that is fine. I have completely different one based on what I saw. 

musugu IDs toh enni ayina matladatharu reality lo do you they will do that ? simple logic kada. antha saduvulu sadivi ala cheste inka nen matram chesedi emundii just saying.

[Batman_fan]

Just now, dakumangalsingh said:

musugu IDs toh enni ayina matladatharu reality lo do you they will do that ? simple logic kada. antha saduvulu sadivi ala cheste inka nen matram chesedi emundii just saying.

I am not saying people behind these IDs will do those kind of things. nenu chepedi, they will try to disprove these numbers and provide some stupid examples where woman harassed man and try to refute the whole harassment issue. 

Basically, they bring one non-typical example to disprove the typical 

[dakumangalsingh]

3 minutes ago, Batman_fan said:

I am not saying people behind these IDs will do those kind of things. nenu chepedi, they will try to disprove these numbers and provide some stupid examples where woman harassed man and try to refute the whole harassment issue. 

Basically, they bring one non-typical example to disprove the typical 

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