Professor Vipin Kumar Tripathi, a retired IIT Delhi plasma physicist and social activist known for promoting communal harmony through pamphlet distribution, was intimidated by a group of people while handing out leaflets carrying messages of non-violence and solidarity with Gaza — a repeat of similar harassment he has faced in the past months.
As per a video shared by his daughter, he is seen engaged in a heated discussion with several individuals who appear to be challenging his views.
When they remarked, “You are worrying about Gaza’s condition, look at your own,” Professor Tripathi can be heard responding, “They (Palestinians) are our own.”
One person from the mob said, “We don’t want to live together with these people.”
When Professor Tripathi asked who they meant, they reportedly replied that they were referring to people from Pakistan and Gaza.
“See how these hateful people cornered my father, Prof Tripathi. All he said was that Gaza needs compassion, yet they mocked him for it. Papa faces this almost daily, yet he is dedicated to humanity. Boils my blood,” his daughter, Rakhi Tripathi, wrote on X.
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