However, while men may take their own sweet time to redefine masculinity, what happens to women, who are out there? The city of Mumbai, known for its safe and friendly environment, has taken a serious beating with crimes such as passion crimes — acid attacks, stalking, rapes and murders — are being reported apart from the so-called minor harassment cases that are piling up by the hour. The recent incidents of a murder of a girl by building watchman and rape of a Spanish girl by a seasoned thief has stayed in the minds of young women working late hours and living far away from their families. “I think about how I travel and inform friends if am travelling late. If I finish late in south Mumbai I try to stay back at friend’s place,” said Shreya (name changed), a dance instructor who was stalked by a young boy working at a tea stall until the police was called and the case investigated. “We have stopped calling for home deliveries from grocery store, laundry and order food rarely. I don’t open the door for anybody after a certain time at night. I don’t want people to know that two girls are living by themselves.”