The #Uber rape episode has once again raised the issue of safety for women. The safety zone for women is shrinking. Increasingly, I find that very few spaces are left that can be called safe. In the cities, one needs to be careful on the roads, in the lanes, walking in the parks. One needs to think twice before stepping out in a pair of shorts.

Stepping away from the cities, in the villages, too, it’s a depressing story. The misuse of masculine power is rampant and often, it finds representation in violent forms.

This is what I thought on Sunday, when the Uber story first got reported. But managed to articulate it only last night.

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