"In three years, I've never been in a public space without being afraid for my safety."

I am proud to be an Indian. But ours is a hypocritical society, and after tasting immense freedom abroad, I wonder if I will be able to marry a Brahmin man and settle in India to live a relatively submissive, traditional life that perhaps my family may have already pictured for me.

Scandinavian film buffs know about it, as well as other Europeans, but it remains a secret to most North Americans.