Marco Rubio, Secretary of State for the USA, earlier this year at the Munich Security Conference called for the “return to brutal Western colonialism.” This explicit messaging from the Western ruling elite about its plans for the Global South should be unifying masses in countries like India more than it has. Notably, protests in India are breaking out against the neo-liberal government everywhere and startlingly have also spread to the urban middle class. Surbhi Kesar, who teaches at SOAS, called the participation of the “urban aspirational classes” as  “striking,” given their unfamiliarity with engagement with public causes and sustained interaction with…