When the Delhi Police flew down to Bengaluru from Delhi on a Saturday afternoon and in a dramatic moment whisked away environmental activist Disha Ravi to their own hunting ground by return flight, the country was riveted to the television screen.
Ravi later made a sharp statement in open court that should have caught the headlines in the daily newspapers, but sadly did not attract the attention of our news makers. “If supporting our farmers protest amounts to sedition then I am happy to be in jail,” she said. A strong statement that, coming from the mouth of a young 22 year old.
Soon after Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana had released her on bail after she had been in jail for ten days, I happened to interact with a dozen students of law from various colleges. Rana’s 18-page order had been read in toto by one of the students. It was apparent that it had left a marked impression on him.
All the young people listening online felt that the government had…