Drunk men banged on my door, I hid, escaped at night, Singer Sona Mohapatra describes her Kota ordeal

The night progressed with drunk personnel at the hotel banging on our doors . My hiding another lady musician in the bathroom & our eventual escape in the middle of the night . The build up of events before the show ensured that we couldn't have hoped to ask for any help from the administration .








I came back thinking that our country might be in the 21 rst century but our mind sets continue to be feudal . An artiste- musician is just a commodity for people like you . A woman is more so . A nautch girl of yore ??? Someone who has to bow-scrape in front of people like you to keep her art alive ??

I come from a fauji family . Could have asked my Dad to get me connected to the military army base in Kota & thus feel safer & protected . Didn't do so . Do not believe in using family & connections in my journey as an artiste & in my journey as an adult . Call me naive but I believe that I can live like this & effect change .