AIDS & HIV is one of the most dangerous battles that mankind is fighting from many decades now. In order to win at this front the only weapon is that of awareness. Especially in a Country like India where there is so much illiteracy and poverty, reaching out to the people and educating them about this heinous disease is a challenge. A mumbai based NGO MUKKTI Foundation spearheaded by Smita Thackeray has always been in the forefront when it comes to HIV awareness. The organization has relentlessly worked over the last two decades achieving global recognition by the World Health Organization (WHO) for their work inthe field of HIV-AIDS and bringing about a change in the society. This World AIDS Day, Mukkti foundation organised the `Freedom Parade` to further spread the awareness on HIV. The parade was a huge success with youth taking the forefront with placards in their hand. To grace the occasion and further the cause bollywood celebrity Sunny Leone also joined the parade. She also emphasised upon the importance of being self aware and educated about HIV. The most common means of spreading this HIV epidemic in the country is by sexual transmission, which accounted for 86% of new infections in 2017/2018.