Over the last few years, every day there is news of women being sexually assaulted and harassed, irrespective of their age, class and caste. This in a country where women are revered as goddesses. While most women who undergo this trauma are compelled to stay mum due to societal pressure, what happens to those who decide to speak up? It results in a long, lonely fight to seek justice and ensure that the perpetrators are punished.

In July 2012, Monisha Ajgaonkar, a Sewri-based resident, was sexually harassed by two men near her house