Guest Post by Parnal Chirmuley This is the complete version of the edited text published as “Learning Without Regimentation: On Compulsory Attendance” published in The Hindu on February 19, 2018 It may, at first glance, seem odd that students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, are pouring out in the thousands in angry protest … Continue reading The Crisis in JNU – Calling out the Administration : Parnal Chirmuley
SEE UPDATE AT END OF POST, ADDED ON FEBRUARY 20, 2018 Student poster displaying a clear understanding of Foucault and surveillance. Compulsory attendance is really not needed at JNU! Let us begin with a basic fact. The diktat on compulsory attendance in JNU is only a symptom of the larger, continuing crisis created by the … Continue reading The Vice Chancellor of JNU has lost all moral authority: A dossier of misdeeds
Have the JNU students and faculty seriously considered taking legal action against the current Vice Chancellor? From every report that I have seen, all his actions in the recently concluded farcical Academic Council (AC) meeting seem to me to be instances of prima facie procedural violation. (Or am I incorrect in assuming this?) From what […]
