it was a new year’s eve. I had only 2 friends in the city and we were living alone in our PGs which were very far away from each other. everyone was making plans about the night and we also wanted to celebrate. so we also thought of doing something,  as all of us had a hectic week, we obviously didn’t want to stay at our PGs. at 7 in the evening we got ready, all dolled up, bright lipstick and eyeliner on point, short bodycon dresses and high heels and then we left for a club, but we couldn’t enter into any because for some we were late, some required reservations and some were charging extremely high. so we checked all the nearby events on facebook and we found one whose name we had never heard before but one of my two friends claimed that she knew whose club it was and it would be a good idea to go there and it will be safe for us. so without thinking much, we decided to go there because we were already running so late.

so this so-called club was on the first floor and as we were going upstairs. there were some creepy men sitting on the stairs looking at us with lust. I don’t know why but I was getting really bad vibes. but we continued walking and reached that floor. there was only one Door and it was someone’s house. a guy came, greeted us and behind him, another guy came who was the owner, who my friend knew through Facebook. we could hear loud music, it was really loud. we talked a bit, like for a few seconds and he was constantly forcing us to come inside, he looked decent so we went inside, and also there was some kind of pressure, as if there was some energy which was forcing us to go inside, he guided us to a room and when he opened the door, we were shocked and scared to death, there were 50 men looking at our legs as if we were meat and as if they were starving since ages. they all were high on drugs I could smell it from the door itself. the way they looked and the way they were looking at us was spine-chilling.

we stopped and didn’t go inside, some 6 or 7 men were coming toward us and our minds went blank. but this time we needed to do something, we needed to leave, we didn’t even have pepper sprays that day, no knife, nothing. even if we had one, they were 50 and we were just three. the so-called owner touched my arms to take me inside, I turned back and started walking towards the door with my friends. I acted like I was calling someone, and they were chasing us, threatening us, forcing us verbally not to leave. we gathered ourselves together and told them that some people are waiting for us Downstairs and we will be back soon. they somehow agreed and we started going downstairs, those creeps were trying to have a look underneath our dresses and were singing songs as we were passing by.

we reached downstairs, took a cab and left. we were so scared and we were feeling so stupid about going to an unknown place, that too in a city like that, I felt really disgusted by the people living in our country. we didn’t talk to each for like 20 minutes or so. thank god nothing happened. our lives would have changed if something bad would have happened,  or maybe I wasn’t telling you my Story right now, maybe I was dead.

they were 50, and we were stupid

this story is real and was told to me over the phone by a 21-year-old girl, I just gave her my voice through a weapon called words. let’s keep her anonymous and learn from her story that our safety is in our hands only.

stay safe girls.