NEW DELHI, Feb. 5 -- A sense of fear is palpable in Jamia-Shaheen Bagh of Okhla constituency as the area resembles a fortified zone with the deployment of anti-riot force starting from Jamia Millia Islamia entry gate to Shaheen Bagh traffic light.

Ignorant about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizen (NRC), schoolchildren as well as women have joined anti-CAA protest as they feel that they would be transferred into detention centres. Interestingly, Jamia students could be seen tutoring impressionable minds to prepare them for rational argument. However, 'hate speeches' at the protest site have generated a 'sense of refuge' among children in their own country.

It was day 54 of the ongoing anti- CAA protest a...