Need of the hour: On CAA demonstrations

As demonstrations continue to ripple in lots of parts of the country versus the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, or the CAA, the National Population Register (NPR) and allied concerns, their nature, content and instructions have actually drawn crucial attention. The intro of a religious test for Indian citizenship through the CAA stimulated extensive public indignation. Right-thinking people from all walks of life mobilised in a manner befitting a dynamic democracy, and a number of State federal governments and Assemblies have actually expressed reservations. Trainees have been in the leading edge of demonstrations that marked an awakening from a defeatist slumber of the country in the face of sneaking majoritarianism. As the protests remain on, however, they appear to be sliding into the control of beneficial interests that work for spiritual polarisation. The discriminatory CAA targets Muslims, however the protests were driven by