Born in 2012

India suffered the worst power blackout in world history — 600 million people lost electricity simultaneously. It was a humiliating reminder of the infrastructure challenges the country still faced. The gang rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in December caused a national reckoning with violence against women.

Protests filled the streets of cities across India. Something was shifting in public consciousness. Ek Tha Tiger was the Bollywood hit, but the real drama was on the streets.