Comments on Known Turf: A tale of street love/lust/whateveritwas

i think this is the most wierdest story. i dont th...

2009-09-04T17:32:07.429+05:30

i think this is the most wierdest story. i dont think u should have given them all the explanations. watecer u did the third time should have been the first time itself... u can keep grinning at starngers following u or giving them explanations and false names. This encourages all the guys out thr. Should have ben dealt with a little more seriousness and intelligence... not simply laughing....

It is both scary and oh so sad. I don't think ther...

2009-08-30T23:37:52.174+05:30

It is both scary and oh so sad.
I don't think there are any kinder options that are safe for women, unfortunately.

Wonderfully written Annie.

2009-08-30T15:05:20.037+05:30

Wonderfully written Annie.

Forgot to add, it was an engaging narrative and th...

2009-08-26T03:18:19.243+05:30

Forgot to add, it was an engaging narrative and that is what compelled me to leave a comment.

Hi, I think this happens because we are very conse...

2009-08-26T03:15:38.784+05:30

Hi,
I think this happens because we are very conservative towards sex and relationships. Every man in every part of the world has testosterone but how the society deals with it is important. If we stop looking down girl-boy friendship as teenagers or adults, we would perhaps reduce this problem a bit.

You talk to them you encourage them. That is how i...

2009-08-25T03:02:44.210+05:30

You talk to them you encourage them. That is how it is. Idealism doesn't pay.
Reshma M

I think women can relate to this street side romeo...

2009-08-23T02:57:48.611+05:30

I think women can relate to this street side romeos who would wants to make friendship.

Somehow I believe its very difficult to come up with a solution for such situations.

Things could have ended up worse...

Take care

Cheers

You reminded me of my own college days, when I use...

2009-08-22T14:42:12.670+05:30

You reminded me of my own college days, when I used to be accosted by Fraandship guys. Routinely, I have shared notes with your girlfriends to have enough knowledge on the matter.

I don't think you could have avoided talking to him or the confrontation. You did what what any reasonable woman would do. But this track that you are kid actually never works. Once when my friend told this to a school kid who had taken to follow her, he answered back, "Dikha du kya?"

My friend just out of college, a librarian was scared inwardly, though she kept a brave face. For next few days my cousin dropped her to work.

YOu are right when you say that you can never be sure who is harmless.

hmmm...quite scary when such things happen and tha...

2009-08-22T10:38:38.489+05:30

hmmm...quite scary when such things happen and that too for no mistake of ours.
i had a bit of similar experience with a guy younger to me. no amount of reasoning with him helped. After many anxiety filled days i made one of my friend let him stumble accidently upon some information about thatsomeone special in my life....and the idea worked brilliantly!

You had me! :-)

2009-08-20T17:42:26.073+05:30

You had me! :-)

Hey Annie, this happens all the time in the movies...

2009-08-19T12:56:03.842+05:30

Hey Annie, this happens all the time in the movies, but over there the girl swoons and falls for the guy or the guy is the villian then he is beaten up by the hero and the girl swoons on the hero...

While I'm all for entertainment and freedom of expression, I can't help but think of the impact that movies have on people, especially kids. I presume that a lot of guys do think that staring / stalking or accosting a girl, would automatically make her fall in love.

Plus not to mention the fact that a large segment of the society views a healthy friendship between boys and girls is more a tabboo than something to be encouraged.

You know, while reading, I oscillated between amus...

2009-08-18T12:54:50.936+05:30

You know, while reading, I oscillated between amusement and fright too. Wonder why... it amused me.. It's very well written...

That was one very persistent naive guy there. And ...

2009-08-18T02:57:15.246+05:30

That was one very persistent naive guy there. And like you said, yes maybe he did not know how to cheat on his feelings. But then, why were both of them grinning all time.
I don't think you did a wrong thing. Can imagine how scary the thought is to be followed by guys on the route you take everyday.

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I love you, Annie! I've been following you for yea...

2009-08-17T20:50:09.154+05:30

I love you, Annie! I've been following you for years - using Google Reader ;)!

It was wonderfully written - as usual. But I don't think there are a lot of options available to deal with this menace. I feel sorry for all the Indian girls who have to go through this.