Kolkata a Safe City? Huh!

Anyone familiar with Kolkata knows that the area around Ashutosh
College is quite busy throughout the day. Infact,"hajra mor" is
infamous for it's office hour jams. There, only a few days ago
something happened...something that stirred a part of my belief in the
city. A friend of mine was returning from office. When she was infront
of the Ashutosh College (which houses the Shyamaprasad Mukherjee
College in the evenings), at around 8:30, a biker suddenly stopped
infront of her, and lunged at her. He also targetted her cell phone.
Somehow she managed to get away. The question here is, is it time
for us to wake up from the dream that Kolkata is a safe city? The
incident I mentioned happened only a few yards away from the
Bhowanipore Police Station. Add to it the fact that the evening
college was on at that time. My friend remained traumatised for a
couple of days... Only a few months before this incident, a journalist
friend of mine was followed in Jadavpur by some bike-borne drunk and
abusive sons of bitches. She was returning home in her office-car. It
was only when they overtook the car for further fun that they noticed
the 'press' sticker and sped off. The exact location of the incident?
May be fifty metres from the Jadavpur Thana. It's time our sisters,
friends and girlfriends learnt self-defence arts. The city couldn't
care less for its womenfolk, and the police is busy protecting the
VIP and VVIP politicians. Who already have goondas, cadres, or both to protect them. God Bless Kolkata

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