The Prison Called Girls’ Hostel At Chhattisgarh’s Law University
I sit with an empty stomach as I write this in the ‘comfort’ of my hostel room. My stomach is empty because my mess is a mess and we do not have a night mess. You must be wondering that there are a lot...
View ArticleStudents Stand Together To Protest Sexist Double Standards At Hindu College
Gathering in front of Hindu College to protest against the high hostel fees for girls, Delhi University students made several demands. The demands included restarting room allocation in the girls’...
View ArticleI Discovered Myself, And My Privilege, At Oxford University
By Anahitha Sagar: I can watch the dust particles collide with each other playfully as the sunlight streams in through the window, on an unusually warm Sunday afternoon. I vividly recollect the day I...
View ArticleTo Counter Student Protest Against Shortage Of Hostels, Central Uni. Kerala...
College students boycotting classes as a mode of protest is not rare. However, it is unusual to see a university’s administration suspend classes as a counter to peaceful student protests. The...
View ArticleReport: Jamia Students And Admin Fight Over Cultural Event Venue
Some students of Jamia Millia Islamia got into a scuffle with the administration over the venue for a cultural event. Dayare Shauk Student’s Charter, a students’ organization had organised an event to...
View ArticleCan IITians Talk About Gender and Sexuality? You Bet!
To talk about gender and sexuality in a technical institute is quite hard. You may wonder why. There is a huge misconception that such matters purely belong to the domain of humanities and the social...
View ArticleWhy Is This New University In Assam Trying To Take Control Of Its Engineering...
The recent controversy over the naming of colleges as ‘Deen Dayal Upadhyay Adarsh Mahavidyalaya’ has angered a large part of the civil society in Assam with many perceiving this move as an attempt to...
View Articleक्या JNU चुनाव में लेफ्ट यूनिटी, राइट विंग के उदय का सूचक है
कहा जाता है कि JNU जो आज सोचता है देश वह 10 साल बाद सोचता है। उसी JNU में कुछ ही दिनों में चुनाव होने वाले हैं। कुछ लोग इसे मात्र कन्हैया प्रकरण के कारण ही जानते हैं लेकिन विचारों के खोजी इसे JNU...
View ArticleWhy I Think JNU’s ‘Left’ Is Tearing Itself Apart
JNU is undoubtedly one of the best universities in the country, validated by the ranking of the government itself. The culture of debate, which has an enduring philosophical value, is what makes JNU an...
View ArticleJNU की लाल ईंट और वोट में लग रहा है नीला सेंध
तमाम संकटों और आफ़त के बीच अगस्त का महीना तो किसी तरह गुज़र गया। अब ये सितंबर का महीना है जब हर शिक्षण संस्थान में छात्र संघ चुनाव को लेकर काफी चहल- पहल होता है। हालांकि चुनाव की यह परंपरा कोई नई नहीं...
View Articleलेस्बियन होने के आरोप में BHU के हॉस्टल से निकाली गई लड़की
BHU का महिला महाविद्यालय जिसे शॉर्ट फॉर्म में MMV कहा जाता है एक बार फिर खबरों में है। इसबार कारण है MMV के एक हॉस्टल से एक अंडरग्रैजुएट छात्रा को होमोसेक्शुअल होने के आरोप में निकाला जाना। खबरें ये...
View ArticleIs Lucknow’s National Law Uni. Betraying Its Principles By Covering Up Sexual...
Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, has been witness to a dismal state of affairs for the past six months. The students are leading a movement for the second time and this time, their...
View ArticleBHU Student Suspended From Hostel For ‘Being Lesbian’
Editor’s note: This post has been translated from Hindi. Read the original post here. At BHU’s Mahila Mahavidyalaya, an undergraduate student has been made to leave the hostel accommodation. Her crime...
View Article‘Candidates Don’t Contest Elections, Organisations Do’: JNU’s AISF...
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a politically charged space and has always had an active Students’ Union. The central panel of JNUSU (2016-2017) had all four members of the alliance between All...
View Articleछात्रों से कोई लेना देना क्यों नहीं होता DUSU चुनाव को?
दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय छात्रसंघ (डूसू) एक बार फिर दहलीज़ पर दस्तक दे रहा है। चुनाव की तारीख की भी घोषणा हो चुकी है, 12 सितम्बर को वोट डाले जाएंगे। विश्वविद्यालय ने इसके संचालन के लिए टीम का गठन भी कर...
View Article‘Despite Being In Power, The Left Has Done Nothing For The Oppressed In JNU’:...
We believe in giving voice to every oppressed instead of speaking on their behalf, ” says Shabana Ali, Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students’ Association’s (BAPSA) presidential candidate for the upcoming...
View Article‘The VC Is Trying To Destroy Our University’: JNU’s AISA Presidential Candidate
The alliance between All India Students Association and Students’ Federation of India, also known as Left Unity, formed the central panel of JNUSU 2016-2017. The alliance came into being to keep Akhil...
View ArticleIs There Even A Point Of The Lyngdoh Guidelines When No One In DU Is...
“We have limited resources and the way Delhi University Students’ Union polls are fought, we can neither give freebies nor do we want to. Also, our organization is not as strong in DU, so we are first...
View ArticleAISA Hopes To Make A Big Comeback In DU, But Is Its Manifesto Strong Enough?
In its manifesto for the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) 2017 elections, the All India Students’ Association (AISA) claims to have “mobilised the student community across campuses on issues...
View ArticleWhy NSUI’s Manifesto Tries To Steer Clear Of ‘ Nationalism Debates’
During the Ramjas clashes in February 2017, the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) condemned the occurrence at their hunger strike by shouting, “Na left ki, na right ki, raah chuno centre ki”...
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