tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post7118104900025225638..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: #StandWithJNUAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-91911737120242901142016-03-06T14:40:04.095+05:302016-03-06T14:40:04.095+05:30Clubbing all three incidents (JNU, IITM and U of H...Clubbing all three incidents (JNU, IITM and U of Hyd - when did this become iconic Univ, I must have missed the news) as authoritarian excess is factually incorrect. JNU is clear case of free speech suppression and students deserve support.<br />OTOH, IITM incident seems to be a case of violation of rules by the students. Instead of correcting it students decided play victim (loudly), got a lot of attention and put down any resistance in the admin.<br />Hyd case was more complex. Though the Dalit students may be facing issues including discrimination, a group of students descending on a student leader's room in the middle of the night to persuade him to apologize by roughening him up is hardly free speech. In fact, it is the opposite of free speech. <br /><br />Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14131293872629529227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-24010580285465378452016-02-29T09:04:12.548+05:302016-02-29T09:04:12.548+05:30It is rather unfortunate that you choose to descri...It is rather unfortunate that you choose to describe events at IITM as authorities dishing it out to students. I have first hand knowledge of what is happening here and this is the reason I have chosen to sign a letter from IITM faculty to the President (as reported in many places, including http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/varsities-turned-into-war-zones-in-the-name-of-autonomy-iit-madras-faculty-1206780.html). I have no interest in the politics of nationalism and sedition but what is happening in our universities has nothing to do with that.iitmsriramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16063826764366606345noreply@blogger.com