From controversial events to contentious appointments and syllabus changes, critics say the university, once known for its diverse views, is being used to push a right-wing narrative.
FIITJEE management yet to publicly comment on mounting crisis after several of its centres shut down amid mass resignations by teachers alleging unpaid dues. 2 FIRs lodged so far.
Teachers who felt confident with the scientific “facts”, often felt less equipped to respond to student enquiries about social and emotional dimensions of climate change.
Higher education regulator has released draft guidelines to make universities and colleges ‘more inclusive, equitable, and sensitive to Socio–Economically Disadvantaged Groups’.
The dogs will survive whatever orders are passed. But institutions are more fragile than we imagine. Once lost, the trust they embody takes generations to rebuild.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
These comments are as hateful as ever. Our track record on academic freedom has never been great, key positions in public educational bodies have always been appointed by the executive since the laws governing them either allow them to do so directly or through the Governor/President. No political party in this country is incentivized to change that, so when inevitably BJP’s electoral fortunes go down, expect the pendulum to shift radically in the other direction. On the bright side these sorta academia captures rarely ever suppress opposition movements in the long run, only move them to different places, as seen by the experience of Eastern European countries with a variety of authoritarian regimes; students who seek to make change will find ways to do so.
Where was Ms. Fareeha Iftikhar when terrorists like Afzal Guru were celebrated and fawned upon on DU and JNU campuses?
Or when the death of 76 CRPF personnel in Dantewada at the hands of Maoists was celebrated unabashedly at JNU and Jamia?
Now that Hindus are taking pride in their religion, embracing it publicly and flaunting their religious identity openly, Ms. Iftikhar has a problem.
But, she surely does not have any problem with Muslims openly flaunting their religious identity through beards, shaved upper lips, kohl eyes or burkhas.
It’s only when the Hindu asserts his identity that people start having problems.
For decades DU has been the breeding ground of leftist ideologies, a little display of right wing opinions does not threaten any institution instead it helps in bringing a different perspective on the ground. Instead of challenged or threatened, people shd become more tolerant of other ideologies.
These comments are as hateful as ever. Our track record on academic freedom has never been great, key positions in public educational bodies have always been appointed by the executive since the laws governing them either allow them to do so directly or through the Governor/President. No political party in this country is incentivized to change that, so when inevitably BJP’s electoral fortunes go down, expect the pendulum to shift radically in the other direction. On the bright side these sorta academia captures rarely ever suppress opposition movements in the long run, only move them to different places, as seen by the experience of Eastern European countries with a variety of authoritarian regimes; students who seek to make change will find ways to do so.
Where was Ms. Fareeha Iftikhar when terrorists like Afzal Guru were celebrated and fawned upon on DU and JNU campuses?
Or when the death of 76 CRPF personnel in Dantewada at the hands of Maoists was celebrated unabashedly at JNU and Jamia?
Now that Hindus are taking pride in their religion, embracing it publicly and flaunting their religious identity openly, Ms. Iftikhar has a problem.
But, she surely does not have any problem with Muslims openly flaunting their religious identity through beards, shaved upper lips, kohl eyes or burkhas.
It’s only when the Hindu asserts his identity that people start having problems.
For decades DU has been the breeding ground of leftist ideologies, a little display of right wing opinions does not threaten any institution instead it helps in bringing a different perspective on the ground. Instead of challenged or threatened, people shd become more tolerant of other ideologies.