There have been several public protests in Delhi against the State during Narendra Modi’s prime ministership. The Shaheen Bagh sit-in and the long farmers’ protest are the obvious examples. Compared to these mobilisations, the dharna at Jantar Mantar led by Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Sangeeta Phogat and Bajrang Punia is a small affair. The reason it has dominated the headlines in newspapers, social media and television news is not its size but the starkness of the moral choice it offers readers, viewers and citizens