South Asia Citizens Web

Some University notices, press reports and comments

The news of removal of Pundit Nehru’s name from the [text]books of Rajasthan is a matter serious of concern and condemnation. Pundit Nehru was not only a very important leader of the struggle for India’s Independence but was also one of the major contributors of policies in Independent India.

After Sixty-six Years of Independence, New Politicians but Same Old Issues in Kashmir . . . The Kashmir imbroglio has worsened partly out of disillusionment that was generated by perceiving the hollowness of Indian secularism, partly out of the ignominy that Kashmiris felt in being tied to a government and a polity that is getting increasingly religionized, and partly out of the shallow Pakistani propaganda of Jihad. The insurgency in Kashmir grew into a low intensity warfare made lethal by the firepower of two nation-states.

Revised Class VIII Social Science book silent on Godse; Class VII book calls Maharana Pratap great, not Akbar

This statement of support by Mukul Mangalik, who was at JNU in its early days and now teaches History at Ramjas College University of Delhi, was read out at Freedom Square on May 7, 2016 at the meeting called by JNU alumni in solidarity with the struggle of JNU students and teachers