Vineeta Saraf: No Need to Be Polemical
Twenty two-year-old Vineeta Saraf studies social work at Vidyasagar College in West Bengal. “Earlier I used to think that in order to bring about change we need to shout slogans and make a big hue and cry so that people listen. Now I feel that a change in attitudes can be brought about more subtly and effectively in the form of interactive sessions with groups of people. Little things have made me realise that that I have unknowingly been perpetuating this ‘discrimination against women attitude’. For example: When I wore a salwar kameez and got harassed by men I felt bad but when I wore trousers I felt guilty and blamed myself for it.”

