Spring Semester 05: Location: Always On
English

Tanvi is in her third year, with
an internship test next week.
Meera, a first-year, is her mentee.
So. Two resistors in parallel.
What happens to the current?
It... splits?
It splits. Good. Now, how
much goes through the—
Sorry, Tanvi di. Sorry.
One second.
...through the smaller one?
Sorry, sorry. He'll just...
two minutes.
See? Library. Notes.
Tanvi di.
Hello. I'm the notes.
Haan. Haan, I'll share it.
Okay. Bye.
It's for safety. He
likes to know I'm safe.
Sweet, na?
Hmm.
The current. Through the smaller one.
You were alone at the bench today.
Where's Rohan?
I asked Anna for a single bench.
It's fine. I work faster alone.
Since when?
Since... he doesn't like Rohan.
Rohan is very, you know.
Friendly.
He decides your lab partner?
He doesn't decide. He worries.
He asked for my passwords too.
Email, everything. We don't keep secrets.
Do you have his?
He says he doesn't need to give them.
He has nothing to hide.
Meera, that's—
Can I ask you something?
You don't have to answer.
Okay.
Do you feel free to say no to him?
Why would I... I mean...
He's asking why I've stopped walking.
You don't have to answer me today.
I'm two doors down.
Any time.
Okay. Sorry, Tanvi di.
Dev, your shot. And aim this time.
I always aim, sir. The board moves.
Eleven o'clock. Customs check, boys.
Every night at eleven.
Even the warden's roll
call isn't this punctual.
Haan, sharing my screen.
That's Mummy. That's the cricket group...
She reads his chats more than he does.
It's cute, yaar. It means she cares.
Right, Joseph sir?
Checking your phone every
night is control, Sahil.
Whoever does it.
I'll call you back.
One more game?
...One more.
Not tonight.
Meera? You're up early.
I didn't really sleep.
You asked if I feel free to say no.
Last night I said no.
To one call.
And?
He called nine times.
In twenty minutes.
Nine.
Will you come with me?
To Farah ma'am? Sorry, I
know you have your test.
My test is at eleven.
Farah ma'am starts at nine.
That's enough time.
Come.
Meera called it care.
Sahil called it cute.
Control is often mistaken for care.
It can climb slowly.
Asking where you are.
Checking your phone and passwords.
Tracking your location.
Restricting who you see.
Meera's boyfriend had climbed all four.
'Text me when you reach,
if you like' is care.
'Share your location always, give
me your password' is control.
Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,
stalking includes a man monitoring a
woman's use of the internet, email
or any other form of electronic
communication.
It is a crime.
It happens to young men too.
In one Indian study from 2026, of
three hundred and ninety-seven male
university students, sixty-five
point five percent reported
technology-facilitated dating
violence in the past year.
It was linked with higher
anxiety and lower self-esteem.
When a student tells you, listen.
Believe them. Don't blame.
Ask what they need.
Think about their safety.
Give options. Refer.
And don't investigate.
Don't read the phone, and don't
question the other person.
Tanvi asked one question, and
waited a week for the answer.
Would you like Tanvi to stay?
For a few minutes. Sorry.
No sorry needed in this room.
Start wherever you like.
He checks. Where I am, who I'm with.
He has my passwords.
I gave up my lab partner.
Everyone says it means he loves me.
What do you say?
I say I'm tired.
Is it my fault? I'm the one
who gave him the passwords.
No. You didn't do anything
wrong by trusting him.
Tanvi. Go. Your test.
Message me after?
After.
What would you like to happen?
For you.
I want to sleep. I want to sit in the
library without reporting where I am.
Then let's start with safety.
Right now, does he know where you are?
Yes.
Do you want him to?
No.
Then we plan for how he'll take it.
New passwords. One friend who knows.
A place to go if he turns up angry.
Is he a student here?
Second year.
Then the Internal Complaints
Committee is one option.
Today, later or never.
It's your choice.
I don't want to get him into trouble.
I just want it to stop.
Then we start there.
And you come back on Thursday.
Will you tell my parents?
No. Not without asking you.
The only exception is if I'm
worried someone's life is in danger.
How are you sleeping?
Better. Last night the
phone slept in the drawer.
And you?
In my bed. Like a normal person.
He's angry. I told Farah ma'am.
We have a plan for that too.
So. Two resistors in parallel.
Through the smaller one?
More current. Obviously.
Try this week: learn the order.
Listen, believe, don't blame, ask, safety,
options, refer.
And here is a phrase to keep.
Love doesn't need a password.
If this episode touched something in your
own life, support details and sources are
below this video. See you in week six.