people who are celebrating dhruv rathee’s detention need to realise how fucking rotten political discourse in this country has become. they worship gods, preach patriotism, and then they worship gods, preach patriotism and then wish death and violence upon their own countrymen for daring to question the government.. he came to india despite the risks, leaving his wife and child behind in germany. when a critic has to worry about being detained or facing legal action for speaking against the government, what exactly are these people celebrating? the government doesn’t need to silence every critic if it can turn millions of citizens against anyone who dares to speak. brand them anti-national, call them foreign-funded, question their citizenship and let the mob do the rest. this is how democracy dies. not necessarily by abolishing elections, but by making dissent socially unacceptable and blind obedience a badge of patriotism. the irony is that these clowns claim to love india, yet celebrate the very tactics that can one day be used against them. because today it’s dhruv rathee & other independent journalists who are being detained at their hotel. tomorrow it could be any journalist, student, activist or ordinary citizen who is closely related to you & who refuses to fall in line. a government is temporary. a country belongs to its people and patriotism is not measured by how obediently you worship those in power 🙏🏻