Polish creator Kasia, hiking alone in Himachal Pradesh, was trailed by a man after she politely refused a selfie request. When he kept shadowing her—shouting in Hindi—she switched on her camera. Confronted on video, he turned away and left.
Posting the clip on Instagram, Kasia explained she has posed for countless stranger photos in India and simply wasn’t willing this time. “I’m not an animal in a zoo,” she said, urging some men to stop treating foreign women like curiosities.
Comments were disabled, yet in a follow‑up reel she stressed she will continue travelling solo. Her goal, she said, was not to malign India but to highlight behaviour women everywhere find threatening. “If we don’t talk about it, nothing changes.”
The viral footage has reignited debate over tourists’ safety, consent, and respectful conduct in popular Indian hill stations.
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