A Tribute to Nirbhaya - India's Daughter

Nirbhaya is an Indian word which means "Fearless". It is a word for a woman who is brave and fearless. The term became popular after the 2012 Delhi Gang Rape incident which took the life of a Girl. She was given the title Nirbhaya for being strong and fighting till her last breath.

In compliance with Indian law, the real name of the victim was initially not released to the media, so pseudonyms were used for her by various media houses instead, including Jagruti ("awareness"), Jyoti ("flame"), Amanat ("treasure"), Nirbhaya ("fearless one"), Damini ("lightning") and Delhi braveheart.

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The 2012 Delhi gang rape case involved a rape and fatal assault that occurred on 16 December 2012 in South Delhi, India. The incident took place when a 23-year-old female physiotherapy intern, Jyoti Singh Pandey, was beaten, gang raped, and tortured in a private bus in which she was traveling with her friend. There were six others in the bus, including the driver, all of whom raped the woman and beat her friend. Eleven days after the assault, she was transferred to a hospital in Singapore for emergency treatment but succumbed to her injuries two days later. The incident generated widespread national and international coverage and was widely condemned, both in India and abroad. 

Subsequently, public protests against the state and central governments for failing to provide adequate security for women took place where thousands of protesters clashed with security forces. Similar protests took place in major cities throughout the country. Since Indian law does not allow the press to publish a rape victim's name, the victim has become widely known as Nirbhaya, meaning "fearless", and her struggle and death have become a symbol of women's resistance to rape in the world.