It takes 22 Mumbai cops to pin down a soft-spoken septuagenarian V K Tripathi, Professor Emeritus at IIT Delhi, a lifelong believer of non-violence, who was in the city to raise awareness about the genocide in Gaza.
Vistasp Hodiwala
It takes 22 Mumbai cops to pin down a soft-spoken septuagenarian V K Tripathi, Professor Emeritus at IIT Delhi, a lifelong believer of non-violence, who was in the city to raise awareness about the genocide in Gaza.
A lone man handing out pamphlets in Dharavi—such a fearsome menace he is to the public order of the city that he must first seek prior permission before even turning up, according to the cops.
The good professor was made to wait for an hour or thereabouts at the local police station and was allowed to leave only after a written notice! The hour-long procedural farce that must restrain him, the next time he probably wants to try something similar.
If there was a trophy to be won for shamelessness and moral bankruptcy in shielding Gaza's genocide, India would doubtless be amongst the frontrunners. And possibly end up on the podium too.
Posted Oct 6, 2025, 7:08 PM UTC