New Delhi, July 23 -- Monday began as Mondays usually do. I went to work because one has to.

A march had been announced from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament. Throughout the day, I moved between office work and Instagram, where videos from the demonstration kept appearing. Students gathered under the Delhi sky. People raised slogans about examination leaks, unemployment and accountability. Police barricades narrowed the space. Uniformed personnel accumulated around the protesters. My body remained at work. My attention stayed with the march.

The images came from participants, bystanders, independent journalists and people running while recording. A camera held by a frightened person produces a different account of public violence. The f...