These protests are not just a reaction to the farm laws. It is a moment in time when political, social and spiritual forces have converged under unprecedented circumstances.
The Uttar Pradesh police recently formed a Special Investigation Team to probe inter-faith marriages in Kanpur and crack down on what Hindu nationalists call 'love jihad'.
Through their resilience, coping strategies, compassion and efforts to build a more inclusive society, minorities have a lot to teach us if we are willing to listen.
Just as acoustics are inseparable from certain rituals in specific religious traditions, so too is ritual meaning deeply embedded in these sounds, which transpose them from the commonplace to the sacred.
We already see more people turning to meditation, yoga and monastic practices. The 'going inward' is being used as a vital framework for salvation from the current crisis.
Vice-president for research and policy at the Public Health Foundation of India Dr Ramanan Laxminarayan on what the post-antibiotic era might look like