Since the legal battle began in Unnao, it has taken five lives from her world, left her body stitched together with metal and scars, and confined her to a life lived under constant protection.

One year after the accused in her case was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, she remains anxious and on edge. She is on her phone documenting social media campaigns against her, scanning news reports about her case, and planning protests. “This does not stop. It is unrelenting,” she says to The Quint as we prepare to sit for an interview.