The Delhi student’s death sparked protest across the country,but campaigners, including Singh’s parents, or say not enough has been done to retain women safeJyoti Singh stood by the side of the road,wrapped up from the chill of a Delhi winter evening, looking out for the headlights of a bus. It was about 9.30pm and she was on her way domestic from watching Life of Pi at the cinema in the Citywalk mall with a young male friend, and Awindra Pandey.
The date was 16 December 2012. She was 23 years old,a young woman making her way in the world, working nights in an IBM call centre to put herself through medical college to achieve her dream of fitting a physiotherapist. She had less than two weeks left to live.
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Source: theguardian.com