As the news poured in of Kanhaiya Kumar walking out of prison free and delivering an electrifying speech on Jawaharlal Nehru Univerisity campus in Delhi, another President of a Students’ Union, Richa Singh at Allahabad University, the first woman to hold this office in University’s history, became the target of the Sangh Parivar. After her […]
Why Does Afzal Guru Evoke Controversy Every Time?
WHY AFZAL GURU EVOKES A CONTROVERSY EVERYTIME? In the context of recent event at Jawaharlal Nehru University to mark the hanging of Afzal Guru in which JNU Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar has been arrested on charge of sedition, we must also consider why the controversy over Afzal Guru refuses to die? Afzal Guru was […]
Rohith We’re Ashamed, Dronacharyas Are Still Around
Although Rohith Vemula, the dalit student of Hyderabad Central University who commited suicide because of the humiliation he was subjected to, has not held anybody responsible for his suicide, the fact is that he had not received his scholarship for the last several months and was not allowed to use university facilities such as hostels, […]