India, March 23 -- A motley crowd of some 37 people braved the rising heat, impossible traffic, a suddenly shut-down destination venue, and the general pandemonium of a tense day around Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan to register their protest against the USA-Israel-Iran war, and appeal for peace and sanity.

The bulk of the protestors were hardworking women of varying ages, drawn from the slums and shanties under threat in the Bihar Capital, with a singular objective: the rising prices and shortage of cooking fuel that directly impacted their careworn existence, the unwanted and unnecessary fallout of an avoidable war started by Donald Trump and his belligerent ally, Netanyahu.

The women were led by that doughty Presentation nun who has ...