Imagine, Can you?

Ok, now imagine what would it be like to not worry about the next tree/bush on a long drive to answer nature's call? 

Or, roam bare chest ?

No, Not you 'Mr.'

Yes, You 'Ms.'

You feel like saying 'wtf!' , don't you? I understand.

Have you ever thought what it would be like to go out for a smoke at 10 in night in Gurgaon?

Or, not change a T-shirt because an extra inch of your skin shows?

Still no? 

Ok, so try and imagine not being on all-time mental alert when you are in a crowd worrying about a disgusting touch that would spoil the day. 

Or, imagine planning just another holiday on first impulse without having to worry about safety.

Still can't, can you?

But, you would want to, right? Or have we stopped wishing too ?!

To me, in blunt honesty, it did not occur that I lived in a world not so just or if I take the judgement out of my tone, a world which treated different genders differently until one day during a conversation, my friend told me how women roamed topless on a beach in Italy. Of course, a teenager from a tier 3 city as I was, I went all ':o'..':-|'..:-?'..':-/////' . His next words stayed 'Why are you so shocked? Had you always been taught about changing clothes as openly as your brother, it would not have come as a shock, isn't it?'

I pondered over the statement and realised a 'yes'.

'Have you ever thought how a girl feels when some random man, out of his lust/ desperation or whatever sickness that is!, brushes his arm with hers on pretence of an accident?

This is for you 'Mr.'

Allow me to tell you, for that slightest intentional touch, if I had a gun in my hand right at that moment, I would shoot you, without any second thoughts and regrets (read and take literally). This is exactly the level of abhorrence and I deal it with more frequently that you can imagine. 

or, What would it be like to 'think' that may be 8p.m. is not an appropriate time to leave for a walk alone?

You don't have to, do you?

I am no feminist. I am just any other girl going to office on a usual Monday and thinking that the life of man sitting next to me is a luxury that I may never get. 

It just makes me sad.

But you cannot imagine that, can you?