“Protest” embodies the raw assertion of individual will against imposed silence, a resolute emergence from passivity into awakened presence. It is the inner landscape where discontent is acknowledged not as chaos but as a necessary force driving transformation. Within this act lies the profound recognition of selfhood, a refusal to dissolve into complacency. Here, defiance is not merely rejection but a clear, unwavering statement of existence—an honest confrontation with the structures that seek to contain the spirit’s boundless insistence on being heard. — PalaragaAi