Please find below a collation of statements of solidarity received by Kafila over the past fortnight since the shameful incidents of violence by the ABVP occurred on the 21st and 22nd of February 2017. These are from: Ramjas Alumna, Ambedkar University Delhi Faculty Association, O.P Jindal Teachers: Students and Durham University Politics and International Relations … Continue reading Statements of Solidarity for Ramjas and DU: A Collation
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
This is a guest post by SHAFEY DANISH The violence that gripped Ramjas College on the 21st and 22nd of this month is now national news.
We, the undersigned students and academics, gravely condemn the attack on the students and faculty of Delhi University on the 22nd of February, 2017.
We, the students, alumni and associates of the Department of English, Delhi University, unequivocally condemn the attack on the students and teachers at Ramjas College and on the university campus by violent protesters from the ABVP and/or other factions, outside and inside the college premises on the 21st and 22nd of February, 2017.
Despite the controversies of demonetization, the central government has again succeeded in deftly hijacking the minds of Indian citizens through a riveting speech made by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The budget seemed to be especially important given third quarter statistics which are filled with drawbacks of the demonetization policy. Thus we had a budget speech … Continue reading The story of the Indian budget: Where the camera failed? Muhammed Shafeeque CM
For the second successive day, goons affiliated to the RSS-BJP backed right wing student mafia gang called ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad) pelted stones and violently attacked peaceful assemblies of students and teachers in Delhi University. Journalists who were present were also beaten up. Phones and cameras and filming equipment were destroyed. An attempt was … Continue reading ABVP Riots in Delhi University with Police Protection
Story, Video and Photographs: PIYUSH NAGPAL AND DEBALIN ROY. ABVP students stall seminar, turn violent at Ramjas College from Debalin Roy on Vimeo. As is well known by now, a seminar organised by the English literary society of Ramjas College, Delhi University titled “Cultures of Protest” on Tuesday the 21st of February was disrupted by a … Continue reading ABVP Students’ Violence at Ramjas College – Video Footage and Eye Witness Account
I am writing to express my deep dismay at the recent incidents at the University College, and more importantly, at your near-total inexcusable and cowardly passivity that not only permitted the culture of violence to grow in this institution, but also allowed the situation to be such that the aggrieved young people continue to be … Continue reading An Open Letter to the Teachers and Parents of the Students of University College, Thiruvananthapuram
