Aqseer was taken into custody yesterday. Preventive custody
but custody all right. When she called me up around 12.30 pm last noon while
her Dad and I were at the German Christmas fair, German House, New Delhi, she
was at pains to explain that no charges had been pressed nor an FIR lodged. My
antenna quivered for any tone of distress. Her voice sounded leashed and taut;
she spoke with deliberation, choosing crisp, economical words but there was
also an undercurrent of excitement.
I was more concerned with the fact that I did
not feel concerned in the “sick with worry” way. There was confidence in her
ability to handle it, although it did make me wonder at us as parents! Here was
our girl, calling us up to say she had been bundled into a van by the Bangalore
Police with eight others, to be driven off on a city darshan, lurching from one
police station to another, in an attempt to shake off the trail and all we had
to say was, “Take care. Keep us informed! Let us know when you are out.”
I wish to reclaim her instead. Yes Aqseer, we
know you have taken up cudgels for a cause you believe in. You are confused and
dazed and jolted and wrung dry at times but you are at it. You are dealing with a whole lot. Keep your faith up.
We believe in you and your judgement. We are so very proud that you are out there with other courageous young people, placing your statement on record.
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