Sundaresan

[Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1]

A heartfelt message by a parent, K Sharad Haksar to Neha Bora.
“When I got married, I knew I wanted only one child. And in my heart, I hoped it would be a girl.
I was blessed with a daughter.
The first time I held her, I made her a silent promise. You will never have to share my time. You will never have to wait for my attention. Whatever I have, you will get all of it.
I had seen families with four or five children. Parents running from morning to night, and still some child was always left waiting. I also felt our country has too many people, and nature is paying for it. One child felt right. It felt responsible.
For years, I never questioned it.
Then this year, I saw Neha Bora.
She is 29, a PhD student at JNU, a theatre artist from Khatima, a small town in the hills of Uttarakhand. When the NEET paper leak happened, she sat down at Jantar Mantar for students she did not even know. Children who had studied for years. Parents who had spent their savings on coaching and still lost.
She did not eat for 23 days.
She was 66 kilos when she started. She lost more than 7. Near the end, doctors were taking her blood three or four times a day.
The night I read that, I could not sleep. I kept seeing my own daughter in her place. On a hot Delhi road. Thin. Tired. A doctor holding her wrist again. And I knew I would not be able to stand there and watch. I would have begged her to stop.
But Neha did not stop until the work was done. And when it was over, she said her body had forgotten how to eat. It had to learn again, like a baby. Even then, still weak, she went to Bihar to meet more than 600 students who had been arrested. She did not go home to rest. She went to the ones who had stood by her.
I am a dowser. Every day I work with energy. I have learned that anger is heavy. It burns out fast. Nobody can live on anger for 23 days without food. Only love can carry you that far.
Then I read that her father was in the Army, and the family kept moving from one posting to the next.
My wife's father was also in the Army. I never call him my father-in-law. To me, he is simply Papa. My wife studied in 13 schools. Thirteen first days. Thirteen times walking into a class where nobody knew her name. Thirteen goodbyes to friends she never saw again. Army children learn to smile, pack their bags and start again. Nobody asks them how much it hurts. I see that strength in my wife every day. I saw it in Neha too.
In Ranchi, a man threw ink on her face and called her anti-national. She said she had already faced pellets and lathis in Delhi. Ink would not scare her.
Ink washes off. In energy work, we say that what people throw at you only stays if you take it in. She seems to know this without ever holding a pendulum.
Her family did not agree with her. There were fights at home. But during the hunger strike, her mother came to Jantar Mantar.
I don't know what they said to each other. I don't need to. I am a parent. I know what a mother feels when she sees her child weak and thin on a road, and still standing. Every argument is forgotten in that moment. All that is left is: this is my child.
Neha said she has not spoken to her father yet.
I don't know him. But I am a father too, and I know how hard it is for men like us to say some things out loud. So if he cannot say it yet, let me say it for him, from Chennai.
Beta, we are proud of you. Now go and eat something properly.
Somewhere in all this, a thought came to me that I never expected. I wish I had one more daughter. One like Neha. This takes nothing away from my own daughter. She is my world. She always will be. But Neha made me ask myself a hard question. We spend our whole lives keeping our children safe and helping them get ahead. Do we ever teach them to look back at who is being left behind? And if one day they stand up for someone else, will we stand next to them as Neha's mother did? Or will we ask them to come home and stay quiet. Our job is to protect that light, even when it scares us.

[Kranti Kumar @KraantiKumar]

नेहा बोरा की जितनी तारीफ की जाए कम है. आप लोग यह जानकर हैरान हो जाएंगे नेहा ने पुलिस को चकमा देकर आंदोलन में कैसे शामिल होने में सफल रही.

2.11 मिनट पर नेहा बोरा ने पोस्ट किया आंदोलन स्थल आरके आश्रम है, और वो वहां 2.30 बजे पहुंच रही हैं.

आरके आश्रम पर नेहा बोरा ने अपना डुप्लीकेट भेज दिया. उस लड़की को नेहा बोरा समझकर पुलिस ने डिटेन किया.

नेहा बोरा आरके आश्रम ना जाकर सीधे कनॉट प्लेस आंदोलन करने पहूंच गयीं.

यानी बोला था जापान, पहूंच गयी चीन. पुलिस जापान में डिटेन करने के लिए खड़ी थी. फिलहाल नेहा बोरा ने आज शानदार काम किया. पुलिस ने डिटेन किया और 7.50 मिनट पर छोड़ भी दिया.

[Prakash Raj @prakashraaj]

Fraand .. how long will you stop a river.. #justasking

[The Rebel @TheRebel_IN]

🚨 MASSIVE🔥

Rahul Gandhi's chilling warning after today's attacks on students in Delhi 👇

"Those who attacked the students will NOT be able to escape.
No matter what he does, PM Modi can never escape now." 🔥

Think about it for a second.

All day, the youth of this country were:
> Detained from the streets
> Pulled off planes
> Dragged across roads
> Beaten while police stood by

And tonight, the Leader of Opposition has made one thing clear:
every single one of those moments has been noted.

This isn't a speech line.
It's a PROMISE to every student who was hurt today.

Earlier this week he said,
"Whatever I say usually happens."

Now he's saying:
those who attacked the youth will pay.

Never mess with an angry RaGa.
NEVER 🗿

[Ravi Parmar @raviparmarIN]

नेहा बोरा ने पूरे देश में तबाही मचा रखी है 🔥

देश की सबसे बड़ी आवाज़ बन गई है, राजनीति में लंबी दूरी तय करेंगी,

हालांकि हम स्वयं वामपंथ के खिलाफ़ है, लेकिन नेहा के भाषण देखे जाए तो आंबेडकरवाद झलकता है, बस यही वजह है कि, हम नेहा के साथ हैं,

लाल फूल नीला फूल नेहा बोरा ब्यूटीफूल 💕

[Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee]

- 50 Metro Stations closed
- Trains cancelled
- Buses canceled
- Border Sealed
- 1000+ people in detention

Why are you so scared Modi?

Your IT cell told us that hardly anyone will come to our protest, so why all these measures? 😂

[रितेश देशमुख ( 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚢 ) @Deshmukh_0]

दिल्ली 📍

जंतर मंतर के बाहर भारी मात्रा में लोग इकट्ठा होना स्टार्ट कर दिए हैं।

कॉकक्रोच जनता पार्टी के लोगों ने काफ़ी भीड़ इकट्ठा कर ली है।

भीड़ पूरे आक्रोश में है इस बार वह ज्ञानेश कुमार का इस्तीफ़ा लेकर रहेगी।

#JantarManatar
#DelhiProtest

[PMF NEWS @PMFNEWS]

आज दिल्ली मे बसे कम पड़ जायेगी लोगों डिटेन करने के बाद लेकिन जाने के लिए क्योंकि उनकी भीड़ बढ़ती जा रही है। 😱

माहौल बिगड़ता जा रहा है क्या सरकार जंतर मंतर धरना स्थल खोलेगी या फिर ऐसे ही आंदोलन चलता रहेगा।

#Jantarmanatar #Bharat

[thirumurugan gandhi @thiruja2009]

தேர்தல் ஆணையரை பதவிநீக்கம் செய்யும் போராட்டத்தை சென்னையில் நடத்திய தோழமைகளை கைது செய்த தவெக அரசுக்கு எமது கடுமையான கண்டனங்கள்.

[Krishna Yadav @Control_Krishna]

Leave everything you are doing now. 🛑

Stop scrolling and watch this speech.

This is the speech every Indian must watch. 🔥

This will go down in history. 💯

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

A day before the scheduled protest at Jantar Mantar demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the rollback of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, All India Students' Association (AISA) president Neha Bora on Friday called on people to continue the agitation even if its leaders are arrested.

#delhiprotest #nehabora

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Dear Prime Minister Ambani,

Please accept my humble apologies for not realizing that you are the real boss of India.

Naturally, you would prefer to maintain your monopolistic exploitation of the great people of India, but would you nonetheless consider allowing Starlink to compete?

There are many areas of India, as there are in all countries, with no Internet access, which denies children the opportunity for education and for small businesses the opportunity to sell their goods to a global market. Starlink would change their lives for the better.

Thank you 🙏

[Cockroaches of India @CJP_for_India]

किसान भाई भी जंतर मंतर पर भारी संख्या में पहुंच रहे हैं।

जय जवान। जय किसान। जय संविधान।

[Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee]

Gyanesh, it’s done bro

Jai Hind 🇮🇳

[Neha Bora Team @NehaAisa]

Just saw Abhijeet’s Instagram post, and honestly, we can feel every word. ❤️
Abhijeet...We’ll stand together, fight together. @abhijeet_dipke

[Priyanshu Mishra 🎭 @Priyanshuorig]

श्रृंगार से पहले जो संघर्ष चुनती,
पूजनीय होती हैं ऐसी स्त्री।

[Sri Raman @SriRama53404184]

இனிமே Gen Z எவனாவது கைது பண்ணிபாருங்கடா அப்புறம் நடக்கும் சேதாரத்துக்கு கம்பெனி பொறுப்பல்ல

Gen Z புதுசு புதுசா யோசிக்கிறாங்கன்னு சொல்லும் போது நம்பள இப்ப நேர்ல பார்க்கும் போது goosebump இருக்கு

[Neha Bora Team @NehaAisa]

Please everyone, help trend this hashtag #WhereisNeha
She was taken away in a private car, and we have been unable to contact her since.

[Cockroach Janta Party - CJP @Cockroachisback]

Huge crowd has gathered on the streets of Mumbai to take on a Fascist, and they won’t back off!

They are here to save Gandhi’s India, and they mean it!

Happy Gandhi Jayanti, everyone.

[Cockroach Party of India @Cockroach4India]

Why stop at free bus rides for everyone, Vijay?

Announce that buses will run on applause and drivers will be paid in fan edits.

Taxpayers can quietly handle the boring part — the bill. 🙏🤦‍♂️