Nirbhaya
The brave heart of the nation, Nirbhaya would be remembered by every Indian for her courage to face the atrocities of those demons who had taken her life.
A 23 year old paramedical student was brutally gang raped by six men including the driver in a private bus while she was returning from a movie with her male friend on the night of December 16, 2012.
Nirbhaya (name changed) fought her rapists, who inserted an iron road in her inner organs, debilitating her completelhy.
The rapists beat up her male friend, and threw both Nirbhaya and friend nude in the shivering December night on a Delhi street.
The nation was moved by the incident, mass protests and demonstrations were held. Young students, old men and women took to the streets demanding justice for Nirbhaya.
Nirbhaya left the world after thirteen days of battling for her life at a Singapore hospital.
The four accused were convicted of rape and death on 10 September, 2013. The outcome of the sordid episode was the pathbreaking law against sexual assaults on women.
