The road that leads from the Metro Cinema to the Gateway of India is wall to wall people. A group of St Xavier's College students have stationed themselves near the Metro end of the road. Under the light of candles held aloft with no care to dripping hot wax, they set up a chant: India! India! India! It starts small. More join in. Those inching past on the other side of the road pause, look, listen, and finally they join in. 'India! India! India!' Just that, no rhyming slogans, no zindabads, no murdabads -- the name of this country, chanted loud and clear and constant. Pretty soon, everyone on that stretch of road is chanting just that one name -- and the effect in the late night air of that percussive drumbeat of sound is mesmeric. And like jungle drums of old, it seems to send out a message: We will not be cowed. The 'rally' was scheduled to begin at 6 -- but which rally? At 5, some three thousand people had already arrived at the Gateway, and in groups of a dozen...