Dissent not threat to democracy, inability to tolerate it is: Suchitra. Amid protests in Delhi and Mumbai, actress Suchitra Krishnamoorthi said, "Dissent is not a threat to democracy. The inability to tolerate it is." "Watching horrifying scenes of protesters in Mumbai and Delhi being brutally manhandled by police for...exercising their democratic right to protest," Suchitra added. "Shame on...government for their appalling mishandling of these protests," she stated.