From jumping off a moving train to scaling the gate of a highrise complex women here are being compelled to take perilous steps to save themselves from the rising incidence of sexual crimes which now threatens to turn the City of Joy into the City of 'Bhoy' (Bengali for fear). While the National Crime Records Bureau has put West Bengal atop the country in crimes against women in 2012 the recent spate of molestations and rapes in and around the city has led many to believe Kolkata is increasingly becoming unsafe for the female population. They blame a ‘passive and callous’