New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- Some friendships are made over coffee, some over college canteens, and some, apparently, over tear gas and evading lathis. This Friendship Day, we speak with a bunch of strangers who met at Jantar Mantar and since then have gelled together as BFF's. Between dodging batons, sharing water bottles to wash off tear gas, and the classic 'bhaago!' , these protest buddies didn't just survive the day together, they also swapped numbers, and now long after the demonstrations are over, their bond is still thick.

"I went to the protest solo on July 20 with no squad. Then the tear gas hit and suddenly everyone's running. I grabbed onto the boundary railing for dear life, and so did the girl next to me - a random girl with glasse...