By Reena Bhardwaj

Washington D.C., June 6 -- protestors were protesting peacefully in Washington, D.C., earlier this week, over George Floyds death, many suddenly found themselves "trapped" by police officers on either end of a street in northwest Washington DC. And on that very street, an Indian American man opened his door to let demonstrators in.

Forty-four-year-old Rahul Dubey not just welcomed but also sheltered more than 70 protesters for over eight hours inside his home, spread across three floors, to avoid peaceful protestors from being arrested by DC Metropolitan Police Department officers.

Born and raised in the United States, Dubey's parents hail from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Even though Rahul has not visited India for the ...