Mouli Sharma

In Gurgaon, a peaceful protest led by Maruti Suzuki’s contractual workers rallying for equal pay and dignity faces its toughest battle yet - the ominous Section 144. After a violent police clampdown blocked a tripartite meeting between the automobile giant’s management, labour department and the protestors, a reporter recounts the harrowing details.

A peaceful pro-Palestine rally at Delhi’s Nehru market was rocked by a hyper-nationalist mob of intruders. As tensions escalated, Delhi police first stood by and watched, and then closed in on the protestors to detain and charge them. One reporter saw it all.