Debate - The New Indian Express

A look at Shah Rukh Khan's 'bad'shah and other obsessive heroes who could possibly have inspired violence against women

At the time I wanted to avoid him like the plague, but now I would confront him

A thousand-dollar prize catch for the paparazzo, perhaps, but often a huge price to pay for the celebrity.

My dad always warned me not to take the shortcut route to the main road. But I did, not knowing what was in store for me

The concept of stalking, as seen in movies, has become so synonymous with romance that we can’t tell them apart anymore

Men are like predators, they prey on their targets and when they know what they want, they go for it at all costs

It was past twilight, and I was alone. I had no vehicle of my own and, as luck would have it, I'd left my mobile at home

I stopped going anywhere alone; at school, I asked friends to accompany me home, and at tuition class, my siblings

I saw him following me, but I wasn’t alarmed yet. To me, he looked like one who wouldn't come up to me and talk

“Don’t you understand? He loves you,” a friend of his told me once. I never understood. I was all of 15 anyway.

My friends told me, “Don’t sweat it; the guy will lose interest when ignored.”

He was my senior, I was forced to put up with him for over a year. The only saving grace was that he kept his distance

I googled the trend a quora question popped up: ‘How to make an unknown girl accept my friend request on Facebook’