This document describes 11 types of female commuters commonly encountered in Delhi Metro trains. It discusses women who loudly confront men for accidental physical contact, demand more space and priority seating due to their gender, breastfeed in public spaces, have long hair that gets in people's faces, talk loudly, aggressively demand seats in reserved sections, lecture on rules but don't follow them themselves, and a few who quietly mind their own business and show consideration for others. The document criticizes behaviors from some women that inconvenience or discomfort other passengers.

1. Types of female commuters that men
meet every day in Delhi Metro
1. A girl enters a crowded general compartment of Delhi metro and, on her way to a seat, her
private parts brush past the hands/ body parts of a guy. *SLAP* *SLAP* ‘Tune mujhe
chhooaa kaise’, the girl in her late 20s would shout at a guy in her late 40s or early 50s,
embarrassing him. As
soon as the guy would
try to say something in
defense, another swing
of arm would hit him on
the cheek that has not
already become red by
the previous blow. I, on
behalf of all the
gentlemen travelling in
metro, want to convey a
simple message: Ladies,
don’t make issues out of nothing. If a man accidentally touches you, it doesn’t always mean
he is trying to molest you. Public transports are crowded. There will be people standing on
every inch of every space and whether you like it or not, there will be some sort of physical
contact and there’s nothing we can do about it. We know it can be uncomfortable, but it is so
even for us, not just you. Know that not all men, in fact most men don’t board trains and
buses and metros to molest. If a man’s bag just grazes against your back for a moment, it’s
not molestation. Nobody enjoys banging into anyone randomly every now and then,
regardless of how pretty you may be. He probably doesn’t even know it is happening. And
there’s possibly no pleasure his bag is getting out of touching you. So, calm down. Know that
it hurts when you ‘accidentally’ step on our feet. Stop falling on people.
2. A girl enters a general
compartment of Delhi metro
and shouts at the men standing
there, “Bhaiya, yahan jagah kam
hai. Aap thorha dur kharhe
hoyein zara.” Hello ma’am! You
are not the sole travellers. You
do realize that you, for the sake
of your comfort, are causing
discomfort to others. Yes, we
understand your speculations. But asking for that level of comfort from such a cheap and
over-crowded mode of public transport is a tad too far-fetched.

2. 3. A girl enters a general compartment of Delhi metro and asks a guy, who has been doing
physical labour all day long and is very tired, to vacate the seat. These ladies, like the buys
they shout at, must try and offer these seats to people who are in need of the seat more
than them. It would be nice to see you get up and offer your ‘reserved’ seat to the young guy
who’s not feeling well or the old man who’s finding it hard to stand in the crowd.
4. And then there are others who enter metro with
their kids and/or husbands/ boyfriends and first
take a normal seat, asking a guy to show some
chivalry. Then they ask the accompanying male(s)
to sit on their seats and find themselves more
seats, because- ‘Hello! How can you question a
woman asking for a seat? Isn’t she always in need
of the seat more than you?’ Sorry ma’am, I beg to
differ.
5. The multi-tasking, super-talented women in the Delhi Metro are next in line. You’ll find them
feeding, knitting, pleading, cribbing, bitching, breastfeeding and shouting at the same time.
‘Aji sunte ho! Munne k doodh ka tame (time) ho gya hai. Humre saamne kharhe ho jao, hum
zara munne ko doodh pila dein.’ And then to everyone’s horror, comes out one breast and
enters the kid’s mouth. As much as rude it may sound, but ladies, regardless of the men’s
love for boobs, everyone abhors this sight, especially in public places and public modes of
transport.
6. The next most entertaining (read annoying)
class is of the hackneyed, oh-so-tired ladies. I
am talking about those aunty jis who push you
back into the metro when you are trying to de-
board and then give you a death stare as if all of
this was your fault. But when they want to sit
and they don’t get a seat they’ll portray
themselves as the most amiable people in the
whole metro by saying “Beta ji thoda thoda
shift ho jao” or “Beta ji, bauhaut thak gayi hun.
Seat de do.” And then, there are those aunties
who start looking for their metro token/card in
their blouses when a freaking long line of
people is waiting behind them to exit.
7. Another class akin to the above is the highly flexible class of ladies. When there is no
reserved seat available, they would try asking the men and women to squeeze in to make a
little space for them. But they are highly sensitive of their space bubble, often asking for a
school-assembly-line-like one arm distance radially for their comfort. Ma’am, men seek
comfort too. When you ask us to squeeze in, you make half a dozen people uncomfortable in
the process. And then, another problem men face is due to the long hair of these ladies. It

3. can get very annoying when that gets in our faces, on our clothes, everywhere, especially
when the metro is already crowded. Come on, ladies (and men) with long hair. At least tie
them up. Nobody wants to be gagged with some stranger’s hair on their way to work.
8. Another annoying class is the bunch of loquacious, jabber-mouths. They might be too tired
to stand, but are always full of energy to talk. They can go on from Huda City Center to
Jahangirpuri, and perhaps further ahead in a bus up to Chandigarh. Ladies! What can I treat
you to in order to stop your idiot box (mouth blabbering useless stuff)?
9. The next class is of the rebellions. ‘Suwar k
bacchhon! In aurton k liye reserved seaton pe mat
baithna!’ These ladies are always shouting- “How
dare you sit on ‘Ladies Only’ seats?” “How dare
you come close to me?” “How dare…” Oh wait!
Ma’am, if you would stop shouting at the
daredevils of Delhi and simply request politely,
that might actually work. But they chose
otherwise. Such a statement is often followed by-
“Tum apni maa behen k saath bhi aisa karte?”
Sorry, but I ask my sister/ mother to take the ladies compartment while I chose to enter a
general compartment. And perhaps if you too had not been seat-greedy and entered a ladies’
compartment instead of thinking of an assured seat out of chivalry from the ‘Humans of
Delhi’ in the general compartment, both you and I would have had a much easier life.
10. Still another is the class of hypocrites. These
are the lovely ladies who would give lectures
on chivalry and metro rules when they want a
seat, but would not care about the rules
themselves. They would take the seats for the
old/ physically handicapped, often asking the
elderly males to vacate a seat for them, or
would not follow other rules. You might find
them listening to music without earphones out loud, or eating inside the metro, taking
selfies, or even sitting on the metro floor. Hello! Aren’t rules made for everyone?
11. The last class is of the logical/silent/innocent ladies who do not disturb others. They are busy
reading, listening to music, or simply resting. Some of them would even get up to offer seat
to some elderly or some injured person who is in more need of the seat than her. God bless
you! At least some of you are in their correct senses.