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A ‘cosy bubble’ bursts and out they pour

Here is what The Telegraph saw as the rally moved

Debraj Mitra Published 21.12.19, 09:56 PM

Thousands of people walked from Shahid Minar to the BJP headquarters to protest the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens on Saturday.

Here is what Debraj Mitra of The Telegraph saw as the rally moved

A group of protesters at Shahid Minar on Saturday afternoon, a few minutes before the rally started
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A group of protesters at Shahid Minar on Saturday afternoon, a few minutes before the rally started

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Avneesh Narang, an alumnus of St Stephen’s College. “All my life, I had pretty much been in my own cosy bubble. I was never used to protesting. But things have changed. If you are quiet now, you are complicit,” said Narang, who works with a private consultancy
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Avneesh Narang, an alumnus of St Stephen’s College. “All my life, I had pretty much been in my own cosy bubble. I was never used to protesting. But things have changed. If you are quiet now, you are complicit,” said Narang, who works with a private consultancy

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Sukanya Sanyal, who teaches English at Vivekananda College in Thakurpukur, with (left) daughter Proma, a former student of history at the erstwhile Presidency College. Proma’s poster reads a famous line from a song on the Hamilton Mixtape, an album featuring covers and remixes of songs from Hamilton, the record-breaking musical about how America’s identity was shaped by an immigrant, Alexander Hamilton. “Immigrants are hard-working and help in nation building,” said Proma.
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Sukanya Sanyal, who teaches English at Vivekananda College in Thakurpukur, with (left) daughter Proma, a former student of history at the erstwhile Presidency College. Proma’s poster reads a famous line from a song on the Hamilton Mixtape, an album featuring covers and remixes of songs from Hamilton, the record-breaking musical about how America’s identity was shaped by an immigrant, Alexander Hamilton. “Immigrants are hard-working and help in nation building,” said Proma.

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A group of protesters break into a song before the rally
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A group of protesters break into a song before the rally

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Mohammad Arshad Khan, a shop owner at Chandni Chowk, was distributing water bottles to the protesters for free. “I cannot write slogans. But this is my way of supporting the rally,” said Khan. He was not alone. A handful of people were seen handing out water, cakes and biscuits to the protesters
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Mohammad Arshad Khan, a shop owner at Chandni Chowk, was distributing water bottles to the protesters for free. “I cannot write slogans. But this is my way of supporting the rally,” said Khan. He was not alone. A handful of people were seen handing out water, cakes and biscuits to the protesters

Picture by Pradip Sanyal
Abhijit Mitra, 60, was clad in a Santa cap, a saffron kurta and a lungi. “My name Joseph Narendra Mohammad,” he kept saying. The three elements of his attire, each associated with a religion, was a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had said that protesters could be identified by their clothes
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Abhijit Mitra, 60, was clad in a Santa cap, a saffron kurta and a lungi. “My name Joseph Narendra Mohammad,” he kept saying. The three elements of his attire, each associated with a religion, was a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had said that protesters could be identified by their clothes

Picture by Pradip Sanyal

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