'Let them arrest us for as long as they want'

These youths responded with 'mataram' when somebody across the street chanted 'vande' without even knowing who the latter were.

"Isn't it our democratic right to protest peacefully for what we think is right for us?" asks a young face in the crowd loud enough to be heard by everybody.

A group of boisterous young students who have come along with their teachers to demand Hazare's immediate release from Tihar Jail, reply in the affirmative. They have not responded to a person. In fact they have responded to a voice, a question that they think is their right.

The previous day, scores of college students courted arrest for defying Section 144 that was in force at JP Narayan Park.

"Let them arrest us for as long as they want. Let us take them and dump us wherever they want. But they cannot stop our just agitation using unjust measures," said a young voice without fearing for its consequences.