THE SHAHEEN BAGH IDEAL
IN her introduction to , journalist Seema Mustafa, the editor of this anthology, notes that “unlikely revolutionaries—lower-middle-class Muslim women easily lost in a crowd—took the lead, laying claim to our democracy and its enduring symbols, and the rest of India followed”. If only such an optimistic interpretation were true. Sadly, it appears as if the so-called silent majority—which has elected Prime Minister Narendra
