A JNU-approved agenda note to set up a National Security Studies Centre, where “Islamic terrorism” is one of the proposed courses, says “if you want peace, prepare for war”, The Telegraph reported. The campus is now witnessing a war of words among a section of teachers since the JNU Academic Council approved the proposal listing […]
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union has termed the approval of a course what it terms as ‘Islamic Terrorism’ at the varsity a “communal” move and added that “this grotesque propaganda of Islamophobia in the name of academic courses is problematic,” the Indian Express reported. According to the report, the University has given an approval to […]
In a detailed interview SAR Geelani spoke to Imran Muzaffar at his residence in New Delhi on Kashmir, his political beliefs, why the state wants to ‘eliminate’ him, his time in jail and a host of other issues The Indian state is against me. It has always been against me. It is not just […]
As the rocking events of the JNU story move out of the news cycle, a stream of sub textual themes is slowly making itself felt. The way the Indian government dealt with slogan-raising students makes a bitter commentary on the Indian state. The slogans may have been unacceptable to most Indians, but they were just […]
‘These curbs could now extend to the classrooms’ What happened on 9 February and onwards does not constitute a crime and in no way sedition. There have been some alleged slogans in bad taste but that should have been dealt with at the internal level. A university is a place where different ideas, opinions and […]