Look me straight in the eyes if you dare..

Okay, this is a rant. I have to pour it out because otherwise I will lose it.

One of the worst things to happen is for your bike to stop on the middle of the road, what with the bunch of bikes and cars honking all around you and the drivers giving you death glares for stopping, like I just wanted to turn off my engine and sit on the road and enjoy the traffic and pollution all around me. Hell no. I very much wanted to reach my destination as much as you wanted to, there was no damn petrol in the freaking bike! Why would anybody stop their bike mid-road for any other reason?

So I make the long walk of one kilometer to the nearby petrol station. I am huffing and puffing as I make my way down the road, pushing the hundred kilo monster along with me. With sweat dripping down my face, I look around, wanting to take my mind off the whole "outside-the-gym" gymming that I was indulging myself in. My leg muscles were already screaming in pain from the little stint in the gym the last few days and this was just fuel being added to the blazing fire.

So as I was looking around, I see a guy, looking me up and down, creeping me out instantly. Only guys have the immense talent of making a girl feel uncomfortable. Here I was pushing the damn bike in search of a gas station and there he was, looking at me like I was a toy or an item girl dancing for chikni chameli.

I walk past him, swearing under my breath and make my way further down the road. And for those innocent guys who do not indulge in such lame acts, here is a piece of information. Guys, at least most of them, make this disgusting kissy noise when they check a girl out. It pisses me off to such an extent that one day I am sure I am going to stop my bike and ask him if he wants me to kiss him. I mean, I seriously don't understand the point behind that noise. What do they want? Are they asking us for a kiss or do they think we will get all impressed and go and hook up with them?

At this point, I remember a statement made by Ms.Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, vetaran actor and director in Today's outlook seminar in college. She said,"the only problem with men, at least most of them in India is the fact that they don't look women in the eye." I was just awe struck when she said that because it was ridiculously true.

If you have the gall to make kissie noises next to me or say crap about how I look or what I am wearing, look me in the eye and do it. I bet my ass you wouldn't be able to look past my nose because you know the wrath and fire that will be burning in those pair of eyes.

Anyway coming back to the point, I was not dancing for chikni chameli, nor was I gymming in front of you. I was dragging a freaking bike which I am pretty sure got heavier by the minute past you. You need not come and carry it for me. But the least you could do is not look me up like I am some kind of a stripper.

This is for all those guys out there. Next time you look at a girl, I dare you to look her in the eye and not anywhere else. I dare you..

Aishwarya Kumar.