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The Republic Speaks Back: How Student Power Reminded Authority of Its Limits
The author argues that varied protests and movements of the past dozen years --from the anti-CAA/NRC protests, to the farmers’ mass mobilisations to the recent Gen ‘Z’ upsurge --these movements may differ in their immediate demands, but they share a common democratic foundation: Citizens do not take to the streets because they have abandoned faith in the Republic. They do so because they believe the Republic can still be made to listen.
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