Shrutee Choudhary and Gauri Awasthi
Mumbai and Louisiana respectively
Led the #MeToo campaign against Chintan Ruparel of Terribly Tiny Tales
On October 8, an anonymous letter surfaced on Medium, which alleged that Chintan Ruparel, co-founder of micro-fiction writing site Terribly Tiny Tales, was a sexual predator, who had used his position of power to coerce young girls into engaging in sexual activity with him. Ruparel, 30, popular in the writing circles, had loyal fans who cried foul, and said an anonymous account (the details described in which seemed consensual) was not to be taken seriously. But, over the next two days, Gauri Awasthi and Shrutee Choudhary came out with their experiences as well.

"The letter was a trigger, as everyone was saying it wasn't true. It was then that I realised we had to put a name to it. And so, a day later, I told my story on Instagram," says Gauri Awasthi, 23, a student of creative writing in Louisiana. Awasthi spoke about a writing trip to Uttan, near Mumbai, in January 2016, where Ruparel was also invited, and how he made unwelcome advances towards her.