In 2010, Nazia* was in the eighth grade and final exams were nearing. On an early autumn day in her school in Kashmir that year, students had gone out for the lunch break. As a rule, no one was allowed inside during the break. But Nazia’s teacher called her to a classroom on the top floor of the school building.
Over a few weeks, Nazia and her teacher, who taught mathematics, had developed a cordial relationship. They would often chat during the lunch break. But this meeting, in a secluded classroom, seemed far from the normal chit-chat that they used to have. She knew that something was wrong when the male teacher grabbed her hand and pulled Nazia toward him. “It had never happened before and I was frightened,” Nazia says.
It took her a few moments to fathom what was happening. She managed to free herself from his clutches and ran outside, crying.
Petrified, she informed another teacher. Nazia was advised not to come to school for some days and not to tell her parents about the incident. A few days later, the male teacher was fired from the school. ( https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/kashmirs-unspoken-epidemic-child-sex-abuse/ )
