Art permeates its conventional boundaries of mere expression and expands itself to be a tool for social change, it aids critical reflections and provides insight into the socio political characteristics of a given space or community. Art therefore, besides being a media of expression is also a reflection of a society, an indicator of its wellbeing and development. It has brought about visible social change by being an essential part of the social movements over the years. Amongst the many art forms that have developed with our growth as a civilization, street art is the one, which majorly and rather obviously plays the role of an advocate. It is a very versatile medium for innovative social commentary, criticism and sometimes harmless or offensive mockery. It works with the intent to trigger a thought, a meaningful purposive reaction, and a call for action too sometimes. This paper specifically attempts to study the expression of a certain sporadic awareness, which resulted in purposefully colored walls in the city, many of which did talk about gender. These walls expressed what the people felt about women, at that time. December 16, 2012, was a decisive date for public enlightenment on prevailing gender injustice and violence that gave rise to the Nirbhaya movement (a moment which started as a reaction to the gruesome gang rape of a 23 year old girl from which she could not recover and died on the 29th of December, 2012). Street art had come to Delhi a little before this incident, but after the Nirbhaya movement it became more visible.