Growing up, everyweek my mother took me to the book store. Raja Ram Mohan Roy's was the first biography, I read. My first school project was to recreate the sati scene. Roy, seeing his sister in law being pushed to the pyre. I cut the characters from tinkle, used plenty of thermocol to create the scene.

Roy was never my super hero but the person I wished to be. He did two things which most of us fail to do. But we all ought to do. 1. Empathy 2. Act.

Today as Bengaluru South Voter I support @HariprasadBK2. I eliminated other candidates and ended up with INC. I shared Congress leaders manifesto on my WhatsApp status. My good old friend from Udupi called me urban terrorist for supporting INC Foremost, if I vote for independent, there is higher chance of TS winning. As a survivor of CSA and domestic violence, working with women on safety issues, I just can't vote for TS. I have seen communal violence from close quarters & have experienced untouchability, can't support