AMINA DESAI
Well, I think the community was terrified. I think they were just terrified.  They felt that they did not want to be involved.  The only people who really stood by me all the time was my brothers, my sisters and who helped me financially, because I was not a member of the Congress. I had never been a party member or anything like that.  My brother got the lawyers for me while I was still in detention.  So of course financially we had to see that the lawyers were paid.  I didn't get any help from the community, not one cent from any one of them. I think they were really very much afraid.