India, Dec. 7 -- It was a tranquil winter night in 2012, exactly seven years ago. I was in Delhi, the national capital of India when on the 17th of December, the entire city and the nation woke up to massively horrific news. The infamous incident of the gang- rape of a 23 years old Physiotherapy student, took the entire nation by storm.

This was followed by her unfortunate demise as she succumbed to the inhuman attack she was subjected to. There were protests, marches and agitations that led to a swift investigation and subsequent death sentence of the culprits. However, the sentence was never executed. These facts are known to all.

Even after strong reforms in the anti-rape laws, since 2012, we have only seen the number of sexual assault...