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In this paper, I examine the emergence of the women's movement addressing violence against women in India and the internal dynamics of the wave of mobilization against rape, which spread with unprecedented magnitude throughout the country following a particularly brutal gang rape in New Delhi in December 2012. My research focuses on the discourse that emerged around this event in the local Indian media and on the ways in which women's activists were able to make their voices heard within this discourse. First, I explore the discourse that developed on a prominent Indian television news station, NDTV, in the months following the tragic incident. I then investigate the role that actors from the women's movement played in shaping discourse and drawing people to their cause. I found that the wave of mobilization brought together members of the public morally shocked by the sheer brutality of the Delhi gang rape and connected them with activists who have long been mobilizing around issues of violence against women. The public outburst following this tragic incident served as a window of opportunity in which women's activists and other actors in the movement could engage in contentious debate in traditionally male-dominated news spaces. These activists were able to bridge the frame of a single incident to the larger frames of women's freedom from fear, challenging patriarchal attitudes that permeate institutions throughout India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]