Protests in Delhi highlight need for civic institutions

There have been recent protests in Delhi's educational spaces.

To understand this, we can look at Jean-Jacques Rousseau's idea of the Social Contract.

He said that true freedom comes when people agree to follow shared rules and institutions.

When people disrupt these institutions, it can break the bond that holds democracy together.

The author is worried that when students are taught to see these institutions as enemies, they become alienated from the tools they need to understand civic governance.