This "once in a lifetime talent" thing is hyperbole, man. There are 100s of Nehas in progressive, ambedkarite & minority student organisations in India. Over the past 16 years, i've known dozens of Nehas who stood at the barricades, largely unsung, from JNU, DU, Jamia and AUD alone. By the time they reach leadership posts, they're all exceptionally skilled, strong, seasoned & smart!

I agree that journalists have the right to report, and the public have the right to protest. The anger is stemming from the fact that several journalists or rather their organisations, do not support the right to protest, and instead have systematically villainised the protestors. Yes, we can condemn the heckling. We can ask the protesters to stop behaving like this. At the same time, I hope these reporters (and many of them seniors) are coming back to their Newsrooms and strongly asking why they should bear the brunt for all editorial decisions and why things are not changing

Dear BJP, Replace Dipke, Das and Ranka with Bhagwat “Ji”, Santhosh “Ji” and Dattatreya “Ji”. Replace “Gen Z” with “India” and “Yuva of the Country” with “people of the Country”, in the statement. Now answer this: Who elected these RSS Soormas as the custodians of India and its people ? Have these self-appointed guardians of the nation ever won even a housing society election? Yet they lecture elected representatives, dictate political agendas and behave as though 140 crore Indians have given them a mandate. Before the BJP questions anyone else, let the RSS’s Tees Maar Khans demonstrate some courage by standing for elections. Karnataka’s Gram Panchayat elections are coming up, maybe some of the “Ji’s” can contest.