Seventeen-year old Babaji, Vellikhallamalla village, Kadri, Andhra Pradesh, says, “When our neighbour beats his wife after a bout of heavy drinking, people in our neighbourhood have taken to protesting collectively. We have done this after hearing and understanding the campaign. We have seen that pressure by the community stalls further incidents. We have averted a crisis in two homes. I have begun speaking about domestic violence in my college. It is a boy’s college and though some of my lecturers frown on my activities, I persist.”