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Posted On: April 12th 2026, 01:06 am
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I remember it was my birthday eve when Sharjeel Imam was arrested for his alleged involvement in the Delhi riots. Six years have passed since, and my birthdays have never felt the same. His incarceration lingers at the back of my mind throughout the year, but every 28th of January brings a sharper, more personal reminder of one of the darkest moments for those who stood against CAA-NRC. This, however, is not an article about my personal grief. It is about the collective conscience of Indian Muslims, and of those who claim to stand with political prisoners. I closely follow public discourse, both online and offline, around Umar Khalid. Each time his name comes up, I find myself waiting almost instinctively for Sharjeel Imam to be mentioned alongside him. Occasionally, he is. But more often than not, his name is invoked briefly, almost reluctantly, before the conversation moves on. The hesitation is palpable. This discomfort became more apparent during a recent Gen Z–led protest in Delhi, a student movement demanding a better future. It echoed, in many ways, the aspirations that both Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam had once articulated before being imprisoned. Yet, while a few protestors carried Umar’s face on placards and demanded his release, Sharjeel remained conspicuously absent from the discourse. It raised an unsettling question: why is it harder to speak of Sharjeel than Umar? To understand this, I revisited Sharjeel’s speeches. For many, his words may seem provocative. Yet, to those familiar with protest politics, especially within left-leaning frameworks, his ideas are not extraordinary. His call for a chakka jam of the Siliguri Corridor was interpreted as radical, even dangerous, by the mainstream. But within the logic of mass movements, disruption has historically been a tool to compel the state to listen. Read the full piece by @baharina_tanweer on theobserverpost.com
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