A random guy tried to poke Taapsee Pannu. What she did next would inspire every woman…

Since ‘Pink’ happened, Taapsee Pannu has emerged as the new advocate of women’s rights and their struggle for equal social treatment. Few days back, she also came up with a self-defense video along with Akshay Kumar. Titled ‘Koni Maar’, it taught women the trick of protecting themselves simply by hitting a man with her elbow.

As Taapsee awaits the release of ‘Naam Shabana’ wherein she plays a spy, she wrote a long, heartfelt letter on the Facebook page of ‘Humans of Bombay’. Apart from narrating instances wherein she was often thrown out of films because she was not an A-lister and how failure of her films brought her a ‘bad luck’ name, she also shared an incident where a random guy once tried to poke her.

“Just a few weeks ago, I was going to a Keertan in Delhi where in the middle of the crowd I felt a guy trying to poke me from behind. I didn’t even turn to look at him, I grabbed his finger and twisted it so hard that he winced in pain,” Taapsee wrote. (Also Read: Here is the character Taapsee Pannu is dying to play on screen)

If you’ve ever been poked, groped or even teased but walked away in silence, shame and embarrassment, this will give you major inspiration.

‘Truth is, I’m less heroine and more the ‘hero’ in my story and for some that’s a bitter pill to swallow, but then that’s tough…because I’m not going anywhere,” she adds.

She is teaching all us women to be the heroes in our stories, and how! 🙂

Ranjini Maitra

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