Increasing frequency and intensity of protests reflect a deeper crisis in Indian democracy: the failure of civil society. In the last five years, citizens have poured out in large numbers at Jantar Mantar and India Gate (and in many other parts of the country) to ask the state to hear their demands. In 2006, marches and sit-ins forced the state to re-examine the Jessica Lal and Priyadarshini Mattoo cases. In 2007, the OBC reservation bill in higher education became the rallying point for students to protest on the streets.