Guwahati, July 26 -- Over the decades, the attitude, mentality, and mindset that manifest in the civil and police administration playbooks of governments on handling dissent and protest haven't changed-the July 20 youth-led protest in Delhi, and then elsewhere across the country, is evidence of this. Say what any government will, dissent and protest are inevitably met with brutal force and violence in the form of lathi charges, tear gas, water cannons, etc., and now, privacy-invasive AI-generated facial recognition tools. Then there is always the degradation and humiliation of protesters and opponents through abusive and offensive name-calling, twisting and falsifying facts and past events, and defamation. Other items in the playbook incl...