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
Guest Post by PRASHANT KUMAR Students who are protesting across the country are being charged that they are not doing what they are supposed to do. What I understand this charge say is that they are not doing their “duties” or fulfilling their “responsibilities” as a student. I seriously doubt thislimited understanding of being a … Continue reading Are Students at their Work? Prashant Kumar
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.
DOLLY KIKON in raiot.in Dolly Kikon points out that Article 371 (A) is breached also in the ongoing coal mining operations and the oil exploration negotiations in Nagaland. Naga politicians, landowners, village councils, and business families have all interpreted the provision for their benefit to mine for minerals and not be held accountable for the … Continue reading Gender Justice In Naga Society – Naga Feminist Reflections: Dolly Kikon
Guest post by HIMANSHU PANDYA 1-2 फरवरी को अंग्रेज़ी विभाग द्वारा आयोजित संगोष्ठी में प्रो. निवेदिता मेनन के व्याख्यान के बाद जयनारायण व्यास विश्वविद्यालय सुर्ख़ियों में है. विश्वविद्यालय में घट रहे विवाद को देखकर लग रहा है कि एक साल पहले की सारी कहानी ज्यों की त्यों दोहराई जा रही है.
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
We, the undersigned, wish to express our dismay and deep concern about the recent violent events at University College, Thiruvananthapuram, which seem to indicate that the rights of college students, especially women students, are seriously compromised in this venerable institution.
This is a GUEST POST by Prasanta Chakravarty “Slime is the agony of water.” ~ Jean Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness The Birth of Revulsion – Pranabendu Dasgupta No certainty where each would go — Suddenly the descent of a cloudburst, rain. We stood, each where we were, And stared at one another. It is not … Continue reading Rain and Revulsion: Prasanta Chakravarty
गोलवलकर के महिमामंडन से उठते प्रश्न संघ के सुप्रीमो जनाब मोहन भागवत की सूबा मध्य प्रदेश की बैतुल की यात्रा पिछले दिनों सूर्खियों में रही, जहां वह हिन्दू सम्मेलन को संबोधित करने पहुंचे थे। सूर्खियों की असली वजह रही बैतुल जेल की उनकी भेंट जहां वह उस बैरक में विशेष तौर पर गए, जहां संघ … Continue reading ‘नफरत के गुरूजी’
