The Shaheen Bagh movement will remain a defining moment in India’s history for more reasons than one. A group of burqa-clad women, often considered reticent and non-participative in public discourse, thronged the Muslim-dominated neighbourhood of Shaheen Bagh in South Delhi for a peaceful sit-in protest on December 15, 2019. They were standing up against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, their response prompted by the alleged attack on students at Jamia Millia Islamia by the police. In a matter of weeks, the protest grew into a mass movement with thousands of women joining from far and wide, compelling the world to take notice.