Why can't we all be like ‘Mohammed Deepak’?

Hasan SuroorTIMESOFINDIA.COM
Feb 16, 2026 | 16:10 IST
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From a gym owner’s quiet act of courage to incendiary speeches by chief ministers, the battle over India’s secular promise is playing out in plain sight. A new PIL asks: who will enforce the red lines the Constitution already draws?


“Why can't we all be a little like ‘Mohammed Deepak’?”, asked a rights activist who is campaigning against hate speech and is a signatory to a PIL (Public Interest Litigation) filed by a group of prominent “concerned citizens” in the Supreme Court on the issue.
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