Ramjas College

Guest Post by ANIRBAN BHATTACHARYA [This missive to Makarand Paranjape, who is a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, comes in response to his recent op-ed piece in the Indian Express where he comments on the events at Ramjas College, Delhi University on the 21st of February and in their wake, in Delhi University, on the … Continue reading Looking ‘Right’, Talking ‘Liberal’ – The Twists and Turns of Makarand Paranjape: Anirban Bhattacharya

Guest post by BAIDIK BHATTACHARYA [While the media worked overtime to present the developments in Ramjas College and Delhi University as a clash between two student organizations and two political formations, Baidik Bhattacharya here reflects on the new kinds of politics, rooted in the everyday and in love, that found expression in the University.- AN] … Continue reading “Karenge politics, karenge pyar” – New slogan and new politics: Baidik Bhattacharya

Guest Post by Prasanta Chakravarty As I see it, university spaces are being assaulted at least from two sides; though it seems as if the two sides are antagonistic to each other, in practice they come dangerously close to each other. How and why is this happening, and what can be done about it? The … Continue reading Hard Ways of Lucidity – Thinking About the Crisis in the University: Prasanta Chakravarty

Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association STATEMENT ON VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION IN DELHI UNIVERSITY AND OTHER UNIVERSITIES Issued on February 23, 2017  The JNU Teachers Association condemns in strongest terms the violence and hooliganism perpetrated in Delhi University by the ABVP over the last two days, reported widely in the media. What is also worrying, along … Continue reading JNUTA Statement on ABVP violence in Delhi University