There are protests like this all over India, especially in Assam, the state most immediately effected by legalizing the marginalization, disenfranchisement, & persecution of Muslims by the NRC & the passage of CAB. One Indian friend reports that she witnessed many protests before the passage of CAB but they were not reported in media. There are also solidarity protests called for cities outside India because of the momentous character of these laws internationally. What would happen to the million of Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, & other religious faiths living in the US if the US Congress ruled the US a Christian country? It only exposes the monstrous character of Israel as a Jewish-only colonial state, of Iran under a corrupt theocracy, of Burma’s genocide against Rohingya Muslims, & now India as Hindutva fascism.
The few companies of Indian troops pulled out of Kashmir are deployed now in Assam where they are shooting at unarmed protesters. The struggles against CAB are inextricably linked to the struggle against occupation in Kashmir. What happened in Kashmir will not stay in Kashmir. What happens in India will not stay in India so this is a matter of concern to all of us.
(Photographers not identified)