any progressive change we need women to actively to break these boundaries in their own heads having said that we shouldnt be brash in how we engage the other side tiqvahel varghese it professionali will go to the movies alone no matter how odd it seems to someone else its 2017 and yet if a girl is seen going to a cafe a restaurant or a cinema alone she will be greeted with raised eyebrows and curious stares i face this all the time i love going to movies alone so that i can watch them in peace without having to engage in conversation but when i ask one ticket the vendor always double checks to see if i really am alone the same happens when i say table for one at restaurants its just a matter of normalising this idea of women being by themselves we must go out alone more often if we want to cut down the wonder around it vidya sivalenka production designeri will go to the wine shop to buy my booze instead of asking my guy friends to pick it up for meeverytime we plan a house party for just girls it always boils down to whos going to buy the booze and we always end up asking one of our guy friends to go to the neighbourhood wine shop to fetch it for us this one time however a couple of us just walked to a wine shop bustling with men and asked for our drinks surprise nothing happened and thats when we realised why should it be any other way it was a busy street we are adults with ids and there is no rule prohibiting women from visiting wine shops unless we push the envelope we will always remain trapped within boundaries we set for ourselves k shravya digital strategist