In the days following the Delhi gang rape and murder in December 2012, a German woman came to Pune to work, defying the protestations of friends and family that she would not be safe in this country. Now, almost a year later, that their fears have been justified, the young woman is heading back.

The 25-year-old German woman with her colleague, who were both assaulted on the night of December 31. Pics/Krunal Gosavi