Pacing nervously around her two-bedroom house in Dwarka in Delhi, the mother of the brutal December 16 2012 gang rape victim was seen escaping the TV cameras and mikes on Friday morning.
Today is the day, her four-year-long wait for justice would hopefully end. The Supreme Court has reserved the verdict for 2 p.m.
"I know I had fixed appointments but we need to be there on time. We should've left for the court by now," she says at 10 am.
Draped in a sky blue sari, she says that blue was her daughter's favourite colour. That is the reason why her husband also chose the shirt of exact same shade.
"We need to clear the security and get our passes made at the court. All that would need at least half an hour," she whispers, directing her husband to excuse himself from the back-to-back interviews he is giving.
Their house help, a boy in his early twenties says that 'madam ji' has been panicking since last evening.
"When someone would ask her on the phone, she would confidently say that she is sure that the rapists would be hanged, but minutes later she would express her doubts to 'sirji'," he said.
Taking a break from his interviews, soon her husband also joins us and says "If today the rapists are not given death penalty then our trust in the judicial system will be lost forever."
Before leaving the house, the mother pulls a few women reporters for a hug. Her eyes partially welled, she places her hand on my head to bless me.
"I hope we get justice," she says.
