refugee woman from afghanistan speaks about leaving her beautiful city house and job because of war and living the difficult life of a refugee in india she talks about women and children being the first and the worst casualties of wara student speaks about the sexual abuse she faced as an eightyearold child how her family blamed her for it how the incident molded her personality and how she fought back a transgender person talks about how their family and society have made it difficult for them to survive by keeping them from living life with dignitya man speaks about how he is not allowed to show his emotions how he is expected to be strong and how claustrophobic he feels living such a lifewelcome to the changeroom where no topic is taboo and where multiple voices from the mainstream and the fringes of society can share their own narratives in multiple languages the brainchild of a city artist baaraan ijlal this sound installation project thats a foggy room equipped with a mic and headphones where people anonymously record their stories and experiences has been making waves across the country in cities like delhi kolkata and ahmedabad besides bhopal this is a room where people can either come and listen or record the stuff they want to its a room which will never differentiate between people the only criteria or eligibility to be part of this is that you have to be honest with yourselfsome of the recordings send a chill down ones spine the kind of stuff that is sometimes recorded in the room sends a chill down ones spine people narrate the tale of their broken relationships the abuse they have faced conflict with parents violence gender inequality and so many more things many people from the lgbtq community have spoken about the injustice and violence they face on a daily basis the anger and the betrayal is all too common their voices are seldom heard since childhood they are raised to keep their voice low and their opinion to themselves the fear of judgement too stops many from speaking upwhy sharing ones story helpsthough people often share stories and pictures about themselves on social media platforms what they post there is what they want others to know lucky are those who have people with whom they can have a hearttoheart conversation however i have observed that most people are alone in todays world and have lost touch with loved ones she talks about the changeroom functions as soon as one enters the room there are two things they can do listen to the stories people have recorded earlier or record one of their own even though she doesnt have a solution to peoples issues she says that she often notices that they leave feeling a little bit lighter they go back with a sense of contentment that at least now someone knows what they have gone through or are