I Started SAHAARA Because I Was Tired Of The Silence

I grew up in Kolkata, and like most women I know, I have been followed, touched, and spoken to in ways that made me feel my body was not my own — on buses, in markets, near my own home. And like most women I know, I said nothing. Not because it didn't matter, but because no one had ever made it feel safe to speak.

SAHAARA is the space I wish had existed for me. It is not a place to seek justice — those systems are broken and slow. It is a place to be heard, to hear others, to warn each other, and to remember that what happened to us was not our fault and we are not alone.

I started this in Kolkata in 2023. I want to take it everywhere.