Young Indians Create Anti-Rape Shoes to Ward Off Attackers

Indian protesters hold placards and shout slogans during a demonstration against the release of a juvenile rapist in New Delhi on December 21, 2015. According to official 2015 figures, an average of 95 women are raped daily in India. Money Sharma/AFP/Getty Images

When Siddharth Mandala was 12 his mother took him to rallies protesting a notoriously brutal gang rape crime committed in the Indian capital of Delhi.

The victim of the crime was Jyoti Singh, a 23-year-old physiotherapy intern. She was raped and tortured during her ordeal and later died from her injuries.