The Grandmothers of Shaheen Bagh: An Indian Muslim Women’s Protest and the Future of Satyagraha

Abstract The Indian dadis (grandmothers) of Shaheen Bagh, over the space less than four months from mid-December 2019 to late March 2020, offered a palpable demonstration that spirit satyagraha (nonviolent resistance) cannot be extinguished. Indeed, as I shall suggest, short-lived Bagh movement seen other momentous event in global history nonviolent resistance and quite likely most promising step further evolution satyagraha. may even have presaged extraordinary upheaval taking place Iran where, once again, it is women—most them young enough grand-daughters whose offering convulsed India for short time—who shown way exercise regime has no hesitation brutal repression dissent.