When The Left Falls Into The Nationalist Trap
Kanhaiya Kumar’s arrest was unfortunate and so his release on bail is a great relief. But beyond that, to seek revolutionary potential in the hoopla surrounding it, is to miss…
Will JNU Crackdown Prove To Be The Undoing Of Hindutva Fascism?
By Tathagata Bhattacharya The state assault in India to stymie the tradition of dissent, a hallmark of democratic student politics around the world, cannot be seen in isolation from the…
Save DU from the Politics of Hate and Communal Poison
On January 8, 2016, a Joint Press Conference of several organizations affiliated to the left was organized at 2 pm to protest the Delhi University’s permission to host a seminar…
#OccupyUGC Protests in Kolkata: JU Students Call for Action
30th October: Students of Jadavpur University organized protest demonstrations in solidarity with the #OccupyUGC movement. Two rallies happened on that day from 1:30pm and 4:30pm consecutively – the former rally…
Aaj Bazaar Mein: Students and Artists in Dhaka and Kolkata Demonstrate Against ABP’s Yellow Journalism
September 1 | Kolkata: The agitation against moral policing and yellow journalism organised under the hashtag handles #AmioTamoghna and #TrashABP, continued for the second successive day in Kolkata today, as protesters…
Revealing Facts: Corruption, Lies & Wanton Dismissal of Faculty In Lohia’s Regime
It has been five years since Presidency was awarded the status of the university. The university is still in its infancy and it has already witnessed three different Vice-Chancellors in these…
Presidency Unrest: Between The Real And The Unreal
The students’ unrest at Presidency University, Kolkata, calling for the resignation of the institution’s Vice-Chancellor (VC), has thrown up a few questions. As an alumnus of the institution who used…
Why I Demand The VC’s Resignation : A Presidency Protester Speaks
The following article has been written by a student protester from Presidency University who is part of the movement that demands the VC's resignation (Read the updates here). A lot has…
Joint statement condemning the ABVP disruption of the screening of the film, “Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai- Muzaffarnagar, Eventually”
Montage, the film society of Kirori Mal College in the University of Delhi was screening “Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai- Muzaffarnagar Eventually” this afternoon, i.e. August 1, 2015. After about one hour…
State Sponsored Terror On Student Protest Rally at Kolkata
State aided violence reigned again at Kolkata on Thursday, 2nd April, 2015, at a students’ rally organized by SFI (Student’s Federation of India) and its allied student unions (AISF, AISB,…