Following this, some well-wishers, including fellow journalists and lawyers, reached out to me, alerting me that my name was on “the list”. Some had even tagged me in threads with the other women mentioned on this list.
That is when it occurred to me that I had been auctioned on the internet because of my gender and religious identity.
I say this with conviction, because the only thing common to the women on the list was that they were all vocal Muslim women occupying considerable influence in the public space.
Most were journalists like me, simply doing their jobs. Some were even activists. Unfortunately, even minors were not spared.
Source: Barandbench
