The first working day of the week if viewed in context of the atmosphere that has developed after the nation has been forced to embrace CAA, it can be said without any dither that the heat is on and unprecedentedly shifted from the NE to the national capital. The addition of newer territories coming under sway of anti-CAA protests only suggests strongly that the issue, as expected originally, is not a NE related one only and it’s better to brace up for a scenario which may and in all likelihood  turn out to take a broad-spectrum national character. This has altogether caught the exponents of the act on a wrong foot and their preliminary assumption that it will only be confined within the NE has proved wrong. The ‘far-off’ Northeast may have comparatively less footage coverage that may have also led to the delight of CAA supporters, but with the law and order situation in Delhi deteriorating  fast, which has been amply corroborated by steady supply of visuals, there seems hardly any chances left now to drive home the ‘everything normal’ theory. By now, realization must have dawned in that Kashmir model of casting veil through  conveniently chosen communication embargoes that successfully prevented the outside world from having an idea of what’s really happening there is not going to work in this case. But viewing things from a citizen’s standpoint without an iota of any political tilt, it can be said that the net loser is the nation if viewed in an extended perspective. 
Viewing the character of anti-CAA protests cutting across states and cities, a marked similarity can be noticed which also convey a national sentiment that needs a deeper evaluation. It’s no doubt that youths are in charge and are venting no-stop anger. There is no point to single out JMU or AMU  students as the only ‘villains’ engineering the protests,  since support is  flowing in from  prestigious  institutions of the likes of IIT Bombay, IIM Ahmedabad, IISc Bangalore and others. Immature reactions that it’s all because of  Congress’s rally  at the national capital that fuelled protests have only  exposed the  ruler’s  disquietude over the issue. Actually, to understand the realities, background must be taken into account. It’s not without reasons why students and youths are taking to the streets in so large numbers. Discontent due to rising unemployment and all other socio-economic disparities developed over the past few years have been boiling inside and CAA has only acted as a catalyst in bringing them out. 
At a time when the nation is supposed to go all-out against its so many enlarging problems, CAA is proving to be a great disrupter. Looking at all these, one must say, indeed, it’s the nation which is the biggest loser.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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