The argument of Shaheen Bagh was never defeated though, and the love – that is one word for it – which bound its participants was not found wanting. And the 2020 movement for India’s Constitution, even in abeyance, resembles the original struggle that brought about that Constitution. Those freedom fighters also rose, were suppressed, and regrouped in new forms years later, guided by the certain thread of justice. Most historic movements have lost ground, then returned even stronger, in cycles
