My recently started film project is coming to shape! I am at moment working out the themes from my material. The girls are so vivid talkative and spontaneous in the interviews that I am so happy about their contribution in my film! It will be a documentary which portrays how 3 Delhi girls look upon their lives, their future and their position as women in Indian society. At the moment I am am dividing the vast material into 5 thematically different though connected parts.
1) Being a girl In Delhi
2) Life in Delhi
3) Eveteasing
4) Indian parents
5) Indian marriage
Eveteasing is an act commonly defined in Indian media, guidebooks and by my informants as men harassing women in the street or on the public transport. An eveteaser stand close to the woman and ‘accidentally’ touches the woman’s hips, breast, bottom, or even her vagina at times. It is also includes verbally comments of sexual character, staring and comments on girls appearances. To bring more light into the issue of eveteasing, watch the video material from News Chanel Aaj Tak and the Jagori “Safe Delhi” ad on You Tube.
