The incident lasts barely a minute. A woman is harassed in public. Heads turn, eyes notice, feet hesitate. Someone reaches for a phone; another walks away. “Don’t get involved,” someone mutters. The crowd becomes a wall of silent faces. Then it ends. She carries the memory home. The perpetrator disappears. The witnesses resume their lives. But did the crowd witness an injustice, or merely watch one? Citizen journalist Meera Vijayann’s own experiences, shared in her TED Talk,