Taapsee Pannu shares how she escaped a molestation

Actress Taapsee Pannu, who recently appeared in the hard-hitting thriller ‘PINK’, says she has been subject to eve-teasing more than once.

“I belong to Delhi and I have been brought up here. Eve-teasing and prank calls were a daily thing for me. When I used to go to a bus stop or take a DTC bus, or go to the market — I used to feel it as a part of my life.

“I felt that these things will happen come what may,” she said.

The actress shared a spine-chilling incident when she narrowly escaped what could turn out to be a molestation.

“I am a Sikh. I was 14 or 15 years old. Once outside a Gurudwara I was standing in a line during Guru Nanak Dev’s birthday. I was with my friend and I knew somebody would try to touch me — as I had suffered it earlier also.

“So I kept my hand at my back. When somebody tried to touch me, I had that much guts to stop him through my hands, but I didn’t have that much strength to move back and see who he was,” she said.

Pannu also said she was subjected to moral policing right inside her own house as her father did not like her wearing shorts and sleeveless or staying outside after 8 or 9 pm.

Quite sadly, most of us have come across such indecent incidents and we yet know now if it will ever change.

However, public figures like Taapsee speaking up about it will hopefully bring about positive changes!

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Ranjini Maitra

Journalist. Writer. Reader. Enthu cutlet. Mood-swing machine. Day dreamer. Sandwiched between ‘live life fully’ and ‘lose some weight’. Mantra of life: Love and love more.