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Women at Center Stage in Protests Against India's Citizenship Law

Anjana Pasricha

   NEW DELHI - Chanting "freedom," Fozia stands among the sea of student
   protesters in New Delhi loudly demanding that the government scrap a
   new law that introduces religion as a criterion for citizenship for
   persecuted minorities from three neighboring countries.

   "India will accept people from all faiths except Muslim. This is
   creating inequality," says the undergraduate student of Jamia Millia
   Islamia University that has spearheaded the protests against the new
   law. Wearing a black veil and giving only her first name, she refers to
   the country's constitution that guarantees equality. "It is damaging
   the country's basic structure," she says.

   WATCH: Anjana Pasricha's video report

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