“People I used to call friends and had long discussions with now change their path when they see me coming,” Safoora Zargar told us as her son called her out. At the time of her arrest, Zargar was over three months pregnant. However, she said it was the aftermath that changed her life. “It feels like you are guilty until you are proven innocent. So, for me, fighting this case and going through this trial is about the same. It is because we have already been stamped as terrorists.” Zargar’s case at the time created an uproar mostly because she was pregnant, but also because there was no concrete evidence against her or any of the other 18 who were arrested at the same time. On 6 March 2020, the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch invoked against them various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and of the Indian…

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