India, Dec. 25 -- The year 2019 has seen the spread of massive protests in several parts of the world - extending from Argentina and Chile to Lebanon and Iraq. The mobs indulging in these protests have, in several cases, not relented at all, leading to violence that has led to several deaths as in the case of Iraq. There is clearly a common thread of anger demonstrated by the people of some of these countries, which is taking on the form of collective protests and large-scale demonstrations. The protests taking place in India over the Citizenship Amendment Act ( CAA ) may very well appear as an extension of this trend that people have witnessed in other parts of the world against Government policies and actions.

However, it is a rare pre...