Poetry and rap highlight the rift over India's citizenship law

Vivek Radhakrishnan, a member of Street Academics, an alternative hip-hop band performs during a protest against a new citizenship law organised in Kochi, India, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Sivaram V

MUMBAI (Reuters) - On a recent balmy evening at a Mumbai sports ground, writer Varun Grover, a pink flower tucked behind his ear, read his new poem to thousands of people protesting against a citizenship law.

"Dictators will come and go. We will not show our papers," Grover, who has written lyrics for several Bollywood musicals and was the writer of Netflix's flagship Indian show "Sacred Games", told the crowd.