You’re back in Bangalore? With your family? How has it been since you returned home?
It’s been very hectic. I have had a lot of well-wishers coming and visiting me. Lots of family, my neighbours…some of them don’t know me as Zubair from Alt News, they just know me as Zubair. I have had visitors streaming in till 12 in the night. Not many in my extended family really knew the exact nature of my work…it was only after my arrest that they came to know the full import of what I do.
Has there been much support from them? Or are you receiving a lot of lectures on staying out of trouble? You know what I mean. Family always wants you to be cautious of what you write, what you say, etc.
Most of the people are very proud and happy. I can say this for almost everyone who’s come. A few elders, of course, you know like in every family, they told me to be cautious. "You know how things are with this government," they would say. "We don’t want you to stop but be cautious of what you say." People who know me are very proud.
