I am a Hindu girl, an extremely proud Hindu girl that takes pride in the preservation of my self-respect and dignity. So, that means following a moral Hindu path. An easy escape route for some Hindus is that their parents never taught them about their culture and religion, so they can't be blamed for anything they do. I brought this excuse for many years, and blamed the parents. Then I thought about myself, and how I could also have taken refuge in this excuse. But how is it that I grew up to respect my religion and respect myself? I now think that everybody is responsible for their own actions, and there is no use blaming your parents or anyone else.

My local Mandir (in Slough) was one of the first places that I saw certain Hindu girls who walked with a desperate sway and a desperate glare in their eyes, searching for the next best 'talent'. I would wonder why girls would dress like they're attending their own wedding, while coming to a place of worship.

The guys would in return attend the big calendar occasions and even those who were not Hindu would make a show, with their jeans worn from the knees down and get a special haircut just for that day. They would walk in with a tub of gel on their hair, with a limp and stood in crowds, checking out girls, getting into staring matches with other guys and desperately trying to look cool.

It would make a perfect theatre show; the girls were the Damsel in distress and the guys, their hero coming to rescue them. This exact scene has been transported to every day life, at uni, on the train and at the shopping centres.

A lot of sleazy Indian guys, as well as guys from other backgrounds think that if some Hindu girls are 'loose' then that means they all must have a genetic defect and so, 'I can have any one I want'. When I'm travelling or shopping etc, I find it insulting that so many guys feel they can give me sleazy looks and gestures.

It's not like it's difficult to recognise a loose girl. The ironed hair that covers one half of the face, the squinted eyes that are meant to represent that they're gorgeous and in demand, the skin tight clothes and the, 'I'm a helpless girl that needs rescuing' sway. And is it just me, or can these girls not have a conversation with a guy without giggling? A message to these girls, 'not all of us girls want to compete for brainless fools of the highest order'.

Not only are these girls insulting the name of our religion and culture, but also in the process insult the feminine aspect of our religion. The respect that our Goddesses and female saints command, and respect that women have commanded in our culture has been of massive inspiration to me and many Hindu women across the world, and these girls are an insult to such a noble tradition.