Putting the brakes on harassment in the metro

Putting the brakes on harassment in the metro

SOURCE : XBy Aletta André

A bouquet of people in yellow clothes congregate on a busy New Delhi metro platform. They are men and women, old and young, but all dressed in slogan-strewn, canary yellow shirts. “Share, don’t stare”. “Real men respect women”. “Respecting women is masculine”.

They string into a long line, and wait for a few trains to pass. After giving commuters time to read the slogans, the people in yellow board the next train. They spread out over the carriages, reading books or listening to music like ‘normal’ passengers.

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