Gaurav Sarkar gaurav. sarkar@ mid- day. com WOMEN are fighting for their childrenu2019s rights u2014 to live in a country without hatred, says former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan, who visited Mumbai Bagh on Tuesday night, where hundreds of women have been involved in a sit- in protest against the CAA- NRC- NPR since January 26. Excerpts from an interview: Is the protest model being applied to all protest sites? It is like this across the country; women, at various locations, have started indefinite sit- in protests against the CAA- NRC- NPR. They are fighting for their childrenu2019s rights u2014 to live in the country without hatred. These women are fighting against the way the central government is making the issue communal. When a mother fights for her children, there can only be one winner u2014 the mother. No Narendra Modi or government can deter this movement.

What are the main differences between Shaheen Bagh and Mumbai Bagh? In Mumbai Bagh, not even daflis or small handheld speakers are allowed. The protesters have been served numerous legal notices.