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Despite feeling heat of govt action, young activists say they won't bend yet
Updated On: 21 February, 2021 08:35 AM IST | Mumbai | Jane Borges
Recent arrests of activists by police unsettle socially conscious young Indians at risk of being labelled anti-national. But, motivation to speak up for equal rights and ethical policy will outweigh the fear, they say
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Filmmaker Maitreya Sanghvi, 22, out on bail in a case for participating in a candlelight vigil against the violence in Delhi following the Anti-CAA agitation, at Dadar’s Veer Kotwal Garden. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar
Maitreya Sanghvi is a plucky 22-year-old from Mumbai. In the last two years, he has been noticed by the police thrice already. Out on bail, he believes that things could have been worse for him, had the Coronavirus pandemic not struck.
The lockdown halted his activism. That also meant fewer run-ins with the law, which though, a relief, he sees as disheartening, because there’s so much he wants to do, instead of just “rant online”. “Sitting at home during the lockdown, while activists were being jailed, got me fuming. I felt helpless.”
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