Ramaswami: RESISTANCE DRAWS FROM HOPE, HOPE FUELS THEIR CONTINUED RESISTANCE. **************************************************This is akin to the hope that some of the oldest women in Shaheen Bagh held out last year. Bilkis Dadi was amused to find herself a celebrity in the international media. Shaheen Bagh—and the other baghs that sprung up across India in solidarity—changed the self-congratulatory narrative of the Modi government last year. Farmers, including thousands of women, have done it this winter. This resistance has taken on not only the government but also powerful corporates of the country. When a few states made inter-religious marriage illegal and criminal, inter-faith couples narrated their heart-warming stories in the public domain, pushing back the malicious “love jihad” narrative.

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RESISTANCE DRAWS FROM HOPE, HOPE FUELS THEIR CONTINUED RESISTANCE. **************************************************This is akin to the hope that some of the oldest women in Shaheen Bagh held out last year. Bilkis Dadi was amused to find herself a celebrity in the international media. Shaheen Bagh—and the other baghs that sprung up across India in solidarity—changed the self-congratulatory narrative of the Modi government last year. Farmers, including thousands of women, have done it this winter. This resistance has taken on not only the government but also powerful corporates of the country. When a few states made inter-religious marriage illegal and criminal, inter-faith couples narrated their heart-warming stories in the public domain, pushing back the malicious “love jihad” narrative.

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