Tillotama Shome responds to user who questioned her anxiety after women safety post: ‘How sensitive of you’
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Bollywood star Tillotama Shome has spoken about the fear women carry even during everyday moments, after watching a young woman at a traffic signal in Mumbai’s Juhu. The star shared a detailed note on Instagram about the incident, describing how she found herself worrying about the woman’s safety even though nothing actually happened.
Adding to this, Tillotama Shome answers user who questioned her Juhu post: ‘You are trying to turn this conversation…’ (PTI) The star, known for her work in Monsoon Wedding, Qissa and Delhi Crime, has often spoken about women's safety and her own experiences of navigating public spaces. In her latest post, she reflected on how difficult it can be to simply switch off that instinct to stay alert.
Meanwhile, Tillotama recalled seeing a young woman standing on the footpath at a traffic signal in Juhu. The woman was using her phone and appeared completely relaxed. She wrote, “Yesterday at a traffic light in Juhu, I saw a young girl standing on the footpath, leaning against a metal railing, busy on her phone”.
Notably, The star noticed men walking past the woman and looking at her. “Some looked at her, just looked at her. Some glances lingered, but there was nothing offensive,” she added.
As per the latest buzz, Tillotama's first instinct was to tell the woman to be more careful. “I wanted to tell her to get off the phone and just be aware,” she wrote. “I also wanted her to enjoy the moment of rest and ease. To walk through life with trust”.
In further updates, Her anxiety increased when another man walked “very close” to the woman. Tillotama considered getting out of her car, even though she knew there was no immediate reason to intervene. “That man just passed, nothing happened,” she wrote, before reminding herself, “This is Bombay, relax, relax”.
On top of that, View this post on Instagram A nightmare made her think about hospitals The incident also stayed with Tillotama after she left. A nightmare a few days later brought back the same fear in a different setting. "A few nights ago, someone I know was in hospital. I woke up with a nightmare this morning," she wrote. “Are hospitals safe for us? A sedated woman on a hospital bed, is she safe?”
Her concerns come at a time when a case involving a woman at Civil Hospital in Panipat has also raised questions about safety inside medical facilities. The National Human Rights Commission took suo motu cognisance of allegations that a 57-year-old woman was raped during a diagnostic test before she died while undergoing treatment.
Source: Hindustan Times