We have come a long way from December 14, 2019. That's when the Shaheen Bagh movement started. But then the peaceful protest led by women folded up in the wake of the pandemic, on March 24 this year. Since then, there's been too much on our plate. The world has been turned topsy-turvy, and the protest in Shaheen Bagh has largely been relegated to the shadows. But a song like Phir hum dekhenge by Hindi indie band Cha'bi seems like a reminder of days gone by.

The track channels the Faiz Ahmed Faiz poem Hum Dekhenge, which became an anthem of sorts for the anti-CAA protests that sent ripples across the country. Akshay Kapoor, the band's frontman, tells us that he wrote the lyrics around that time, though the single was launched this month. He says, "One night, I sat and listened to Iqbal Bano and Faiaz Ahmed Faiz's Hum Dekhenge, and it inspired me to write. I genuinely believe that this country deserves more, its people deserve more. The spirit of this country is yet to be broken and till then, we will fight."