Shriya's blog

The morning’s cold and chilly. A sullen figure walks down the streets, his hurried footsteps causing a slight rustle on the fallen leaves. Shoulders drooping, eyebrows cringed in thought; he walked on.

Have you ever felt  that you noticed the same unknown guy everywhere you went? Have you kept receiving gifts from a secret admirer ? Have you ever been followed by a stranger down the streets of your neighborhood?  If you answered “yes” to all the questions asked above,  then most likely you have been stalked, without even realizing it.

Modernity is a dubious term in today’s India. Since the time of India’s independence, the average Indian has shamelessly imitated the West in the outer or material sphere, but claims to have retained the inner spiritual self, where his/her true ‘Indianness’ is to be found. Indian women, by default became the guardians of the inner spiritual sphere and are considered as the embodiment of pure, unpolluted, genuine ‘Indianness’.