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Sunset Pictures Thread🧡 2024 (ongoing) Also on Ig:
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Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault, Molestation I was sexually assaulted today on my way to work in the local train. While I will be pursuing requisite action against the people I mention in this thread, (1/n)
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Hi @MumbaiPolice I want to understand how did my home address reach my assaulter & why was he at my doorstep today morning yelling out my name. When my parents asked him who gave him the address he said @MumbaiPolice gave him my address. He was HIGH and still wasn’t leaving-
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Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault, Molestation I was sexually assaulted today on my way to work in the local train. While I will be pursuing requisite action against the people I mention in this thread, (1/n)
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Secret santa at work is wild this lady gave someone a zara perfume and got a pen in return πŸ˜‚πŸ˜­πŸ˜‚πŸ˜­πŸ˜‚πŸ˜­πŸ˜‚πŸ˜­πŸ˜‚πŸ˜­
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If I was dating a lawyer I'd post a picture of us with the caption 'The club isn't the best place to find a lover so the bar is where I go'
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my sole purpose of writing this is a humble request to the @mumbaipolice to sensitise your force and make them aware and accountable for their own duties especially for such sensitive incidents. (2/n)
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To everyone who's reached out, to everyone who's retweeted this thread, thank you so much. I will keep updating this thread incase of any further updates.
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Somehow it was my fault that I didn't hit him back. I still don't understand the correlation of physical strength and being an advocate. If anyone has an insight on the same, I'd like to be enlightened. (8/n)
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Upon reaching the Andheri Railway Police station, I was visibly distressed and crying. As I spoke to the police incharge and told them I was molested and I'd be comfortable speaking about it to a female cop, the first question he asked me was "Molestation kya hota hai". (3/n)
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@mumbaipolice someone assaulted me in broad daylight and the process to file a complaint against it was equally traumatic.
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This above statement makes it so clear that we are responsible for our own safety, because when we go to complain and put our trust in the system we're told that we could have solved it better by taking matters in our own hands. (9/n)
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Hi, an update: I got a call from the borivali police this morning telling me that I didn't need to re-identify the perpetrator on cctv and that the Andheri railway police has forwarded the details. This thread did numbers and that's the reason things were expedited. Thank you
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After her going back to her senior and whispering the details to him I heard the male cop say "AREY BAAPRE KAAM ALA" (oh god this is going to be a lot of work). (5/n)
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Talking to friends has shaken me to my core because every woman I know has a similar story of being molested in public transport. What is shameful is that they didnt report it because they were sure the process to report an incident like this would traumatize them further(23/23)
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After explaining to the police woman about the details of my complaint, her first question to me was if my boyfriend did that to me. How does it matter? (4/n)
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If I didn't know my right to ask a female cop to accompany me, if I was younger, from a minority, from a weaker economic background, someone who wasn't aware of those rights and someone who couldn't take the day off to just file an FIR, my situation would be much worse. (22/n)
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As I was sitting there crying, waiting for someone to direct me further the 2-3 female cops chatted among themselves about how bad it must have felt to be in my position.All this while I was sitting right there & this was happening in front of everyone at this police station(6/n)
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While I identified the perpetrator on the cctv footage at around 11:30 am, one of the police women kept telling me "Arey maarna tha na usko aap toh advocate ho, maara kyu nahi" (you should have hit him since you're a lawyer, why didn't you hit him). (7/n)
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Today scares me. I'm a privileged woman living close to South Bombay. I take a packed local at peak morning hours to reach my workplace. I'm educated and financially independent. Being an advocate helps because I know the exact ambit of the duties of the police (19/n)
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While I have the privilege to take a day off to calm myself down and try to change my mode of daily commute, the way our police handles these situations is absolutely heartbreaking. (21/n)
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After a delay of 3 hours for reasons best known to the cops (I entered at 11am, identified the perpetrator at 11:30 and my statement was taken at 2), me narrating my horrible experience 3-4 times, describing and identifying the man who assaulted me, (13/n)
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I wasn't offered water upon reaching the police station, I wasn't told about next steps. I was told to go to the cctv room with 2 male cops (not in uniform)& a female cop accompanied when I insisted that a female cop should accompany me to a place outside the police station(20/n)
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I insisted that I was not comfortable narrating my horrendous experience in the middle of the entire police station, which is when she finally took my statement in that separate room. (12/n)
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I have to go back and relive the most traumatic day of my life again because the andheri railway police didn't forward the details of the exact person who did this to me. (18/n)
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hearing how I should have hit him and tackled this better, and that I should be thankful I was in my "covered" formal attire, being told to give my statement in the middle of the police station when a separate room was clearly available, (14/n)
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To my shock, upon entering this room, the police woman whispered to the other police woman that my statement should be taken in the main police station instead of this room because it is convinient to them. (11/n)
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being told that since he wasn't my bf or someone I knew I was a "nice girl" and I didn't do anything wrong to be upset, I finally got a copy of my statement. (15/n)
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Further, I was initially told to go into a smaller separate room for me to comfortably give my statement. (10/n)
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To my shock, I recieved a call from the borivali police station this evening calling me once again to identify the perpetrator on cctv footage. After indentifying the man in CCTV, describing him in detail in my statement, (17/n)
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After the above-mentioned I was told that the platform where I was assaulted was actually under borivali jurisdiction and that the entire information would be forwarded to them. (16/n)
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My family is scarred for life, I am scared to leave my house again and I cannot imagine that my personal information was leaked out to my assaulter by @MumbaiPolice Please enlighten me on how Mumbai police intends to protect my life now that my assaulter knows where I live?
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@MumbaiPolice Done. Hope my number wont be made public too
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@MumbaiPolice Tell me @MumbaiPolice that if tomorrow this man tries to harm me and my family how will you protect our life? I need people to share this because I’m literally scared for my life right now @ketanopines @MirrorNow @fayedsouza @shreyadhoundial
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@MumbaiPolice @ketanopines @MirrorNow @fayedsouza @shreyadhoundial Women’s safety in this country is a joke when @MumbaiPolice has given out my personal information to this man. He himself told my parents that the police gave him my address. This is absolutely terrifying and makes me feel unsafe to even leave the house
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@MumbaiPolice @ketanopines @MirrorNow @fayedsouza @shreyadhoundial I want to file a complaint against this assaulter literally visiting my house in broad daylight but tell me what if I’m attacked on my way to the police station itself?! Im scared for my life and my family’s safety. I want to understand why was my address leaked to my assaulter
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Favorite tweet of your own?
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I came back to college after 2 years and no one from the admin department remembers me but chandu chat wala outside college remembers me. This is my legacy.
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I ordered pizza from pizza hut and they called me and told me to cancel the order because they don't have bread ????? BREAD??????
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@MumbaiPolice @ketanopines @MirrorNow @fayedsouza @shreyadhoundial You tell women to report crimes and this is how you protect them? @CMOMaharashtra @MumbaiPolice Is this happening because I pointed out how the Andheri Railway police botched up the complaint taking process ? Is this because I asked for basic protocol to be followed in my thread
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@MumbaiPolice @ketanopines @MirrorNow @fayedsouza @shreyadhoundial @CMOMaharashtra I have just received a call from @MumbaiPolice telling me that they dont share personal data BUT HOW ELSE DID A HOMELESS MAN WHO WAS MY ASSAULTER AND WHO HAD NEVER KNOWN ME, MY NAME OR ANYTHING RELATED TO ME KNOW MY EXACT ADHAR ADDRESS
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Update: THEY ARRESTED HIM. @grpmumbai thank you. A big thank u to everyone for sharing this thread!
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FINAL YEAR EXAMS GOT CANCELLED AAAAAHDHJFSKKGOGMSNDKA IM A LAWYER NOW ?!? 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
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@MumbaiPolice @ketanopines @MirrorNow @fayedsouza @shreyadhoundial @CMOMaharashtra I’ve always had to resort to twitter to ensure my complaint is expedited. This is what hurts me the most. That we have to log into twitter - a social media app to ensure our complaints are acted upon at the earliest.
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@MumbaiPolice @ketanopines @MirrorNow @fayedsouza @shreyadhoundial @CMOMaharashtra I cannot stop crying and shaking since this morning morning and for the first time I feel scared to even step out of my house. What if he attacks us? Tell me who guarantees my protection now? @MumbaiPolice
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@MumbaiPolice @ketanopines @MirrorNow @fayedsouza @shreyadhoundial @CMOMaharashtra Update:the local police station has noted my complaint and I have been told that his bail will be cancelled.What is absolutely baffling to me is that I have received no updates on the bail neither from the borivali railway police nor the court.I will update further on this thread
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@MumbaiPolice @ketanopines @MirrorNow @fayedsouza @shreyadhoundial @CMOMaharashtra Im being told to complain again - WHY IS MY FIRST COMPLAINT NOT BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY. Im also being told that this is not under the jurisdiction of mumbai police but under railway police. So again THATS what is important. Instead of cancelling his bail.
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GUYS MY POEM IS GOING TO BE PUBLISHED IN A BOOK I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
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Hi @grpmumbai it's been 2 days since the incident and a day and a half since I put my thread, I have had no official communication/update about the investigation in my case. The most information Ive read is in a news article about my incident and have been waiting for an update
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I got this person a basket full of hot chocolate and brownies while I got a board that says "love laugh love"...
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I made a Starry Night Rangoli today ✨
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Hitesh we have matched for the 5th time on 2 different platforms and you still cannot hold a conversation. It's been a whole year where is your growth as a human being Idgaf about your new car
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Overwhelming. I wrote my story hoping to verbalise an experience and twitter and it's wonderful users like always came to my support and gave me tonnes of hope and positivity in a difficult time. Thank you so much. Love and light. 🌻
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@grpmumbai Hi, thank you for your response. Request you to please share an update on the same after the investigation culminates. Thanks again.
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Update: I have been updated by the borivali railway police station that the investigation is ongoing, I've been told to contact them directly for updates. Thank you to everyone for your kind words and retweets. Your support has helped me cope. The response to this thread was --
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Update: the Railway police has completely ghosted me. Its been over a month - the court has a non bailable warrant against my assailant but the railway police has not been able to arrest him. Everyday I live in fear. In my own home. For reporting a crime that happened to me.
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Hi @MumbaiPolice I want to understand how did my home address reach my assaulter & why was he at my doorstep today morning yelling out my name. When my parents asked him who gave him the address he said @MumbaiPolice gave him my address. He was HIGH and still wasn’t leaving-
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To everyone who's concerned about 'fake' cases. Please read the IPC and Crpc. Create awareness about the right to have your FIR registered. There's a protocol for it. Educate yourself.
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@ankitsri24 My thread doesn't talk about my complaint or any merits thereof at all. I have made a thread citing the difficulties women face in filing complaints. I have put my trust in the judiciary to determine the merits of my complaint. I do have the right to file my complaint regardless.
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Varun Dhawan lifting Gigi Hadid and then minutes later srk walks in dancing to jhoome Jo pathan what in the Wattpad is going on
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Go on dates after work so they see your grumpiest version. If they like that, things will only get better. πŸ€ͺπŸ€ͺπŸ€ͺ
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Had to start with the one that I've been in awe of since childhood. CST looks stunning on rainy mornings like today ❀️
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Should I make a thread of all the pretty buildings in South Bombay ?
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My ability to detach and disappear from the lives of people I once held close is both impressive and terrifying
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Law firm partners post reels about mental health for clout after making all their associates cry in the bathroom and grossly underpaying them
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A senior associate I interned with almost 7 years ago called today. She asked me how I was, said she was proud of me for navigating through the field as a first gen lawyer & she reads my poems. (1/3)
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I had a 10 minute conversation with someone in court thinking they're my senior, they removed their mask for a bit and both of us were like wait I don't know you πŸ˜‚πŸ˜³
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The legal field is full of people who create toxic workplace situations for juniors who have just started their career. A few years ago I wrote a similar mail calling out the blatant mental harassment and personal attacks under the garb of β€˜seniority’. Im-
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I'm here on your TL to tell you something important: There's this app called be my eyes where you can volunteer to help visually impaired people via your phone's. Its just a simple video call where the visually impaired can ask a specific question (1/n)
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GUYS GUESS WHO'S A PUBLISHED WRITER NOW 😳
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Spain has La Tomatina, Mumbai has:
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one photo that makes you go "i did that"
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Trigger warning: Sexual assault Update: I identified my perpetrator today. I've been told he was a habitual offender & he wasn't reported previously. When the incident happened, I felt helpless and as someone who controls their whole life down to the minute, it broke me. (1/n)
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Our society has a tendency to question the survivors. A lot goes against a survivor of sexual assault while filing a report. We re-live it constantly; while filing the FIR, while identifying on cctv footage, while giving a statement in court, at the identification parade. (2/n)
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Special thanks to this young PSI - the investigating officer of my matter from Borivali Railway Police who was diligent, kind and empathetic in her approach. We need more such police officials who are aware of their duties, sensitive to survivors,sincere & hardworking. @grpmumbai
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Should I make a thread of all the pretty buildings in South Bombay ?
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In the last 24 hours: -Im the only Indian lawyer on a European panel talking about IP in India - the film Maidaan is releasing soon which means I WORKED ON AN AJAYY DEVGNNN FILM (v special it was my first negotiation call in 2023) - I have an INTERN solely learning from me!!
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Last but not the least, a big thank you to each one of you for your support. Twitter has been and always will be my safe space. May we talk, educate and create awareness about our rights. May we speak up until we create a world safe enough for everyone. Love & Light (6/6) 🌻
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Your introduction to adulthood is when you have a breakdown because of Microsoft word
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Just got my results and IM (FINALLY) A LAWYER πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ˜³πŸ˜³πŸ˜³
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Instagram is now just 3 annoying songs and conventionally attractive people dancing on them.
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2020 was that fire drill episode from the office
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@MumbaiPolice @ketanopines @MirrorNow @fayedsouza @shreyadhoundial @CMOMaharashtra I was informed last night that the things will be expedited and his bail shall be cancelled. I do not feel safe to leave my house and have opted to work from home for a while. Nothing is ever going to make me feel safe here again.
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At each of those stages I've cried, screamed and been shaken to the core. But after these processes I found peace knowing that I did everything in my capacity to get justice. I urge you to read the law, know your rights and make sure you report a violation of your rights. (3/n)
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For law students: As a clueless & confused law student back in 2019, I had a lot of interest in Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law, however, hardly any part of my law school curriculum covered media law. (1/n)
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Someone on my college group sent an e-library for law students. It has (mostly mulla & R&D) textbooks for the subjects below and it's so good to have access to textbooks that most students skip reading because they're expensive. Hope this helps ✨ Link:
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It's 23Β° in Mumbai. It's officially mumbaikar overacting season
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The last month and a half has been tough mentally and while I've been shocked at how people can lack basic empathy, I've also derived strength, positivity and support from a lot of people in this difficult time. (4/n)
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Tested negative πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³
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Why is it so difficult to find a decent man I can cuddle, roast and do consensual ashleel harqate with
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He said he was 24 which was fine until I realised he’s born in 2000,,,,,,Go back to your crib you weren’t born when Kuch Kuch Hota Hai released
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It's been a year since I saw this sunset. Life changes a LOT in a year ✨
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Lmk if theres a rangoli making competition πŸ‘€
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This couple was kissing on Marine drive and BMC is now telling them kahi hi karaicha te mask lavun πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜­
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I'm on chat with Zomato rn and idk how to explain it without laughing - πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
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@ankitsri24 yes totally. Saying this was a part of ascertaining the merit of my complaint. Please understand the difference between an investigation and filing a complaint. Also open the IPC and Crpc and read about provisions for filing cases like molestation.
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After her going back to her senior and whispering the details to him I heard the male cop say "AREY BAAPRE KAAM ALA" (oh god this is going to be a lot of work). (5/n)
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@methehoe Eww. That's an instant breakup and block on the spot. I will forget the man ever existed within 30 seconds.
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I'm going to be on mirror now today at 8pm talking about women's safety Tune into @MirrorNow at 8pm
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Andheri me traffic nahi hai traffic me thodasa Andheri hai
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Dating history: - classmate (cheater) - long distance 150kms (ghost) - long distance 2000kms (scam - a therapist’s worst nightmare) - ghatkopar (1) (wrong timing :( - ghatkopar (2) (not compatible) - Gaziabad (not compatible) - Jamnagar (0 emotions - robot man)
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Dating history: -long distance 1600 kms -long distance 500 kms -long distance 12000 kms - 3 kms away but needed therapy πŸ˜‚
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@The__Sunflower_
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So baby pull me closer let me be your gulshan grover
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@The__Sunflower_
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So when your family asks you "what do you want for your 26 birthday" and you annoy them by replying "Vicky Kaushal" every damn time - they get you a birthday cake with Vicky Kaushal's face on it and tell you this is the best they can do
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@The__Sunflower_
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@NotUrRegularNat Consistent communication, ability to have uncomfortable conversations and put forth even their opposing opinions assertively without denying your feelings of hurt / blaming you for feeling a certain way, actions that actually back up their words, no ghosting or randomly vanishing
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