India, Jan. 17 -- It all started with protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) respectively; the dark day that witnessed the police entering the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) campus, Delhi University campus and JNU.

Videos surfaced showing how brutally students and others were being treated by the police. This shows how far we have come as a people's democracy. It is, however, still unclear who the actual miscreants were, sabotaging the public property. It is in these protests and simmering discontent that we can see the 'real India'. The same 'Hindustan' which got freedom after years of struggle and national movements.

On a daily basis, we have b...