Jantar Mantar was crowded, yet I breathed freely
A reflective account describes attendance at Jantar Mantar protest grounds, with the author reporting freedom to breathe and think freely despite crowding.
A first-person reflective column describes attendance at protest activity at Jantar Mantar protest grounds and portrays crowding, noise, and intensity.
The author focuses on emotional and experiential aspects of protest participation and argues through personal feeling that protest can be both overwhelming and empowering.
The author reports that, despite discomfort or pressure from the charged environment, the author still felt personally free to breathe and think freely.
UPSC can frame citizen protest participation as an expression problem (freedom of speech and expression) and a civic gathering problem (freedom of peaceful assembly), while also addressing GS4 ethics—how personal agency and liberty can persist even when environments feel tense.
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