New submission from Nisha

As usual I took the Metro to go back home. I got into the train and was standing as usual minding my own business. In front of me sat a row of men. Three of them were squeezed into the two seats which are reserved for the ‘Old and Physically Challenged’. One of them was engrossed in playing games on his mobile phone. When the men sitting next to him, got up to disembark at their station, this chap made room for his friend to sit as well. When I asked him to shift he made only a bit of space for me. So I had to literally squeeze myself in that little space. That would not have bugged me as much if he had refrained at that point.

When I was about to sit, he shifted again a bit. So that when I sat, I partially sat on his knee. This he made even more humiliating by smirking. When I finally managed to sit, I had to squeeze myself in. My eyes hurt due to sleep deprivation and I had kept my bag on my lap so that I could lean over onto it and close my eyes for sometime. This man had to disturb me further so that it became an ordeal for me. He pushed himself towards me so that I was squeezed further. He then went back to his own mobile phone game. On the next station, a girl, dressed in Jeans and a top came into the metro. She was also minding her own business, listening to music. This man looked at her, actually gave her the top to bottom stripping look. I stared at him while he was doing this. Unabashedly he looked at me, met my eyes, stared at me and then went back to his mobile phone game. I felt sick sitting next to him.

Then providence interfered. At the very next station, an old man came into the metro. He asked Mr. Pervert and his friend to stand up from the reserved seats. When they had done that he sat down next to me but gave enough space so that I could ‘unsqueeze’ myself and sit comfortably. This man stood near the door of the metro where all he could see was men around him. Good for you Mr. Pervert.

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