I’m 23 years old today, and this incident happened when I was 6 or maybe 7 years old. The thing is, this incident was always in the back of my mind as I grew up but it was only about a year ago or so that I realised I was touched inappropriately and i’m having a hard time getting it out of my head and feeling disgusted.

I really didn’t know where to put my thoughts out and thought this might be best, at least to bring awareness and hopefully help someone? idk how but I just hope this does bring light to more such incidents too.

When i was in 2nd standard, I used to go to a well known school in Pune, and we had an old man as our auto driver fixed since 2-3 years who would pick and drop us to and fro from school. My stop while coming back would usually be the 3rd last, and after me 2 more kids would be dropped off. This one day we had a half day in school, and while dropping everyone off, he skipped my drop and went further ahead to drop off the other two kids first. I was young and dumb and didn’t think much of it, and thought it was exciting to be the only one riding in an auto, because my mother always said it’s not safe to and only adults do it. I felt that I was big.

After he dropped off the last 2 kids, he asked me if I wanted to experience driving an auto, and obviously I was super excited to. He stopped the auto somewhere under a tree and picked me up and put me in the middle of his lap on the driver seat. He adjusted me by constantly touching me down there under my skirt and pushing me near his crotch area. After that he started driving and throughout the entire drive he kept touching me down there and doing the same thing. When a main road arrived he asked me to go back to my seat because police are there. Then he dropped me back home.

I realised what happened was wrong when it hit me very recently and I feel really angry and hurt and I constantly have these thoughts once in a while. What a prick that old man was, and I keep wondering what if he hadn’t dropped me home? I’m sure he’s still going around doing the same thing to other little girls or even boys and it’s making my blood boil.