Shaheen Bagh and the Politics of Protest in the Anti-CAA Movement in India

This article attempts to understand the pathways and politics of resistance within anti-CAA/NRC (Citizenship Amendment Act/National Register Citizenship) protests in India. Led organised by Muslim women, activists living locality Shaheen Bagh emerged as a powerful symbol against, reimagination of, hegemonic notions nationalism, secularism, citizenship, belonging contemporary By exploring seen case study, our analysis tries ways which protest was reflection emergent solidarity, engendered part communalisation everyday life India rise Hindu majoritarianism. We contend that actions should be symbolising an organic movement located at intersection gender religion. research aims raise following questions: How did from navigate its potential gender-based while framing political opposition CAA/NRC? does idea offer us new vocabularies thinking about alternative democratic futures through prism prefigurative politics? suggests we need resist linear or coherent reading instead attend fragmentary, contested, contradictory forms.