Opinion: BLOG: 20 Years On, My LSR Memories Of Harassment Have Not Faded

The year was 2003. Fresh out of school, I came to Delhi with an enviable mark sheet and secured admission to one of the top colleges in India- Lady Shriram College (LSR).I was a quintessential small-town girl. For 18 years, I had lived in the hill town of Shillong.I scored extremely well in my board exams to secure a seat in every possible college of Delhi University. And I chose LSR for myself.What I couldn't manage a seat in was the LSR hostel, which was filled beyond capacity.My father managed to get me an accommodation right behind Lady Shriram College, at South Delhi's National Park, a quiet locality behind LSR.For three years, 37, National Park, a three-storey building from where the Junejas ran a PG accommodation, would be my home.For 3 years, I went on to live a life of uncertainty, subject to humiliation and harassment each time I went…
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