Shopper's Point located opposite Andheri West Station in Mumbai looks like any other bustling educational building with over a dozen reputed institutes running vocational & self development courses within it's concrete framework. From floors 1st to 4th you have such institutes like Enoma, GeeBee, IIHT, CMS, Arena, Karrox, etc. However, on the ground floor there are shops selling clothes, shoes, insurance, etc. And herein lies the problem....

There are 2 entrances to Shopper's Point, 1 from the main road and 1 from the inner road which is off the main S.V. Road. Mostly, we female students prefer entering from the main S.V. Road entrance as it is on the main road itself. As us females enter from this main entrance we are often teased by salesmen from the two salwar kameez shops named 'Shagun' and 'Laiba'. The doors are flung open into the faces of us girls walking through the narrow corridor of this main entrance and then all the 4-5 salesmen inside the shop will shout and say "Madam, andar aao na" and will laugh heavily after that. They will often throw water or tea on us innocent young girls when we pass by. I have noticed this eve teasing going on with girls in the age groups of 14 yrs to 21 yrs. These shameless men even tease "burkah-clad girls".

Eve teasing is a serious offence anywhere in the world punishable under law for upto 9 years of rigorous imprisonment. I hope this letter is forwarded to as many females & males as possible so that this dangerous crime of eve teasing is permanently stopped in our great city of Mumbai and other great cities in India.

There have been 3 institutes who have lodged police complaints against these two shops and all the salesmen working inside. These 3 institutes are Karrox, Optionz & GeeBee. I am writing this letter and getting it forwarded on Orkut & other community websites because inspite of these salesmen being taken to the D.N. Nagar Police Station on 3 seperate occassions for Eve Teasing, they were all let off on a paltry bribe by the inspectors on duty. These salesmen then go back to work the very next day and eve tease even more innocent young girls who come to Shopper's Point for a quality education.

We often say that Mumbai is the best city in India and our politicans often compare our city to Shanghai & other world's best cities. Yet, when it comes to the safety of young girls in Mumbai the police are happier taking bribes than actually solving the problem of eve teasing once and for all.

I hope that this letter is forwarded to anyone and everyone you know, on each and every community website in India and rest of the traditional world so that the next time a boy or man thinks of eve teasing a girl he will be crucified for his actions by the police and legal system. Basically, these salesmen from "Shagun" and "Libha" are just weak bullies who will do anything to touch or talk to a girl from a decent family out of their sheer desperation for a woman's touch. They have obviously been brought up by shameless fathers and horrible mothers and their religious faith has only taught them to treat women and young girls as slaves and prostitutes.

It is upto you and me now to make Mumbai a safer place from these desperate rogues and hooligans. If we chose to ignore such grave eve teasing incidents then in the future it could be your sister or girlfriend or female friend who is the victim of the rogue's touch. And, you need to remember that all rapes start with a person who is watching you everyday and knows you. Then, they try and make contact with you through eve teasing, talking or bumping into you on purpose. And, the next thing you know they will drag you into their shop's changing room and rape you one by one.

If you are a real woman or man, boy or girl it is your job to pass this letter on to everyone you know. This letter is from a girl who has been a victim of these shameless eve teasers along with countless other young girls who live in Mumbai. Let us together join hands to show all these shameless eve teasers that today's Indian girl cannot be messed with. I hope this is the last time any girl in Mumbai has to write such a letter.....

- An Anonymous Female Student.

Chosen Comments
It is very true that eve teasing is a serious offence, irrespective of any religion. Here we are talking about sexual harressment - not about racial discrimination. I strongly feel this letter must reach all women, so that they can express their anger and raise their voices against these evils of society. - Nandita.

Get the bastards - Sonali.

Are the police in Andheri West sleeping? - Rima.

It's a shame that hardened criminals in our society are allowed to go scot free. When will India ever improve it's legal system - Shilpa.

This letter should also be forwarded to women NGOs - Mona.

It is really shocking to hear that such incidents still take place in Bombay. I advise the police to do something about this quickly. - Ruchita.

How can we get these scoundrels to book? - Simple, just pass this letter on to as many girls as possible in India. - Sonia G.

The congress government and the MLA's in these areas must start doing their jobs and protecting the females who visit such institutes for higher education. - Aditya.

Mumbai police is rated amongst the best in the world. It is indeed hard to believe after reading this letter - Abba.

When will the police do something about this case? When they actually rape some girl or throw acid on their faces? - Noel.

I cannot understand why girls are never taken seriously by the police - Bhimla.

Only 2 percent of rape cases are reported. I have a strong feeling these salesmen might have already raped a few girls and gotten away with it. - Pooja.

I have already passed this page on to over 100 of my friends. I hope it helps! - Suchitra.

I feel really sad that these young girls have to face this shit everyday in this building. Mumbai police wake up! - Bobby.

WTF! If such a thing happened in Bangalore we would get the fu$&ers in no time - Conrad.

Are the journalists of Times of India and Mid-Day sleeping? - God.

When will these young girls learn that Mumbai is still not such a safe place as these politicans make it out to be - Kajol.

It's a real pity that real news is never shown on TV as Sanjay Dutt's news is more important - Maya.

Vote for BJP next year. They are the only real men who can run our great city - Amit.

I congratulate Enoma.com on taking great risks to display this girl's letter here - Harita.

The power of the internet in India today will help crack this problem. If not, might as well ban Orkut - Kim.

We have a lady PM and lady president but yet a young girl cannot go to educate herself in safety in arguably the most safest city in India - Ritu.

I am quite sure which community these salesmen belong to. Hope god forgives them - Aarti.

I am from DNA and have covered such stories in the past. Don't worry these guys will be brought to book - Fatima, DNA.

The Lion's Club is always very active in such matters. Someone please get in touch with the zonal president about this - Kedar.

What a mockery of the law. I pray for all young female Mumbaikars. - Vipul.

There is 1 eve teasing cell in south mumbai. I will definitely tell them about this matter. - Filly.

No man in this land should feel he can touch a woman without her permission and get away with it. - Renuka.

What's the difference between Bihar and Mumbai if such eve teasing incidents happen all the time in both these places. - Parvati.

MTV must have a chat show on this topic soon and get this young girl on it. - Drew.

The common man and woman is no longer safe in Mumbai. Someone do something! - Priya.

The owners of these shops must be devils from hell. They should be burnt alive. - Mistry.

Of what use are the police if not to protect the women? - Minoo.

Send this letter to the freaking parliament. - Bishwas.

These rogues put down the entire male community. Get the bast#$@s. - Zia.

This is really hard to believe, I feel like crying right now. - Renee.

I have also been eve teased in this building. My advice is to take the other entrance. - Reena.

Seems like this letter has reached a lot of people & I even read an article about it in the 'Censor Post'. - Vedant.

Phew! Can't these men get a life. - Bipasha.

The price you have to pay to get a good education in this country. - Alisha.

These kind of issues put all the good things that the police does for us down to zero. - Josh.

Spread this letter on all sites such as yahoo, rediff, msn. I am spreading it too. - Farooq.

It is great to see so many intellectuals supporting this cause. If only the other 90% of our country were educated too - Hrithik.

Why isn't this case on TV yet? - Kumar.

A great topic for 'We, the People' on NDTV. - Ram.

I wish there were more sites like Orkut. India would be such a more better place to live in. - Diana.

I think because the building name is Shopper's Point these shops think they can do anything they want in it. - Kaajal.

I promise to forward this to atleast 20 people right now as it is a serious issue affecting almost every woman in India at some time of their life or other. - Cathrine.

Kutte Log. Besharam. Ghar pe Maa ya Bhen nahi hain kya? - Leena.

My! So close to Raksha Bhandan and we read such things still happen in Mumbai. - Himesh.

What's the point of us just sitting at our PCs passing this on, let's go down there and blast those mother fuc%e#$. - Ali.

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