Women's groups and citizens are holding vigils across Delhi in the memory of a female Indian student who died a year ago after she was gangraped on a bus.
Her family, which is planning a small memorial service, told the BBC that they wanted to keep her memory alive as long as possible.
A small vigil would also be held at the bus stand where she boarded the vehicle on which she was attacked.
The assault triggered intense protests across the country.
It also led to the setting up of stringent anti-rape laws and special fast-track courts.
The 23-year-old medical student was attacked on a moving bus by six men while she was returning home after watching a film with a male friend who was also beaten up.
Four of the six attackers were given the death penalty in September. One of the attackers was found dead in his prison cell earlier this year.
The sixth rapist, a juvenile at the time of the crime, is serving a three-year sentence in a reformation home.
On Monday, exactly a year after the attack, Mumbai-based theatre and protest music group Swaang and Delhi-based cultural group Majma have organised "a show of strength by the citizens of Delhi - women and men - to claim back the streets of Delhi".
Well-known musicians would perform on a moving trailer, retracing the fatal journey of the victim, through the streets of Delhi, the organisers said.
The journey will begin at the mall where the woman had watched the film and conclude at the road crossing in Mahipalpur area where the victim and her friend were thrown out of the bus.
Dozens of people have also gathered at Delhi monument Jantar Mantar to remember the victim.
Although India has introduced tougher anti-rape laws and the society is more openly discussing cases of violence against women, correspondents say women across India still live with the daily fear of sexual assault and the victims still often have to deal with police apathy.
Her family, which is planning a small memorial service, told the BBC that they wanted to keep her memory alive as long as possible.
A small vigil would also be held at the bus stand where she boarded the vehicle on which she was attacked.
The assault triggered intense protests across the country.
It also led to the setting up of stringent anti-rape laws and special fast-track courts.
The 23-year-old medical student was attacked on a moving bus by six men while she was returning home after watching a film with a male friend who was also beaten up.
Four of the six attackers were given the death penalty in September. One of the attackers was found dead in his prison cell earlier this year.
The sixth rapist, a juvenile at the time of the crime, is serving a three-year sentence in a reformation home.
On Monday, exactly a year after the attack, Mumbai-based theatre and protest music group Swaang and Delhi-based cultural group Majma have organised "a show of strength by the citizens of Delhi - women and men - to claim back the streets of Delhi".
Well-known musicians would perform on a moving trailer, retracing the fatal journey of the victim, through the streets of Delhi, the organisers said.
The journey will begin at the mall where the woman had watched the film and conclude at the road crossing in Mahipalpur area where the victim and her friend were thrown out of the bus.
Dozens of people have also gathered at Delhi monument Jantar Mantar to remember the victim.
Although India has introduced tougher anti-rape laws and the society is more openly discussing cases of violence against women, correspondents say women across India still live with the daily fear of sexual assault and the victims still often have to deal with police apathy.
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