Photo: Women in India: A question of safety

Sobhana Gazmer, 29, who works at a call center in the New Delhi area answering calls from Americans about their credit card accounts, feels increasingly anxious since a high-profile rape in mid-December sent shock waves through the country. (Mark Magnier / Los Angeles Times)

June 24, 2013 6:18 PM PT

A woman in New Delhi speaks of a life lived in fear after the December 2012 gang rape and fatal beating of a 23-year-old on a commuter bus.

German tourist Carolina De Paola, 22, walks near the landmark Gateway of India in Mumbai in April. De Paola said that during her trip to India, a man on a train grabbed her breasts from behind but she never reported the crime, deciding there would be no point. (Rajanish Kakade / Associated Press)

In Kolkata this month, students supporting various leftist parties shout anti-government slogans during a protest after the recent gang rape and killing of a 20-year-old college student in Barasat. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP/Getty Images)

A protester shouts slogans from inside a police vehicle in Kolkata, India, this month after police detained her during a demonstration against the rape and slaying of a woman in Barasat. (Bikas Das / Associated Press)

Indians take part in a demonstration against gender discrimination and sexual violence in New Delhi in January. (Altaf Qadri / Associated Press)

Demonstrators in New Delhi in January call for justice in recent rape cases in India. (Altaf Qadri / Associated Press)

Indian protesters hold candles and block a road during a December rally in New Delhi after the cremation of a woman who was gang-raped and died of her injuries two weeks later. (Andrew Caballero-Reyonlds / AFP/Getty Images)