However, fear has not silenced them. Indian women are at the forefront of every major social movement. They led the anti-corruption crusade of Anna Hazare. They formed the "Shaheen Bagh" protest, where hundreds of Muslim women sat for months against a discriminatory citizenship law. They fight for entry into the Sabarimala temple. They are the foot soldiers of climate activism and local panchayat politics. When the state fails, they organize.