Celebrities and others who trolled her and attempted to make her look bad only ended up exposing themselves, says Delhi University student and author Gurmehar Kaur, who was at the centre of a national debate on free speech and dissent last year.
The 20-year-old lady Shri Ram College student, daughter of Army martyr Captain Mandeep Singh, said she would always stand for peace, "no matter how anti-national" that makes her.
The literature student had launched the social media campaign "I am not afraid of ABVP", following the violence in Ramjas College over their seminar "Cultures of Protest" last year.
She was trolled online for her stand against campus violence and for appearing in an earlier recorded video in which she was seen holding a placard that read, "Pakistan did not kill my father but war did".
Former cricketer Virendra Sehwag, Olympic medallist Yogeshwar Dutt and wrestler sisters Geeta and Babita Phogat were among the celebrities who took to social media to question her views.
Sehwag shared an image of him holding a placard saying, "I did not score two triple centuries. My bat did".
"They tried to make me look bad, but ended up exposing themselves. I was a huge Virender Sehwag fan, now I am not. I lost all the affection and respect for him," Gurmehar said in an interview.