State Against Seminars: Administrative Siege on Academic Freedom and Critical Dialogue Jatin Mathur✍️ thewire.in/education/stat…

Such interventions pose a larger risk for Indian democracy, turning campuses into spaces of ideological and political conformity rather than intellectual critique. Jatin Mathur✍️ thewire.in/education/stat…

Read this latest piece authored by me about administrative impediments and state censor on critical dialogue in universities and academic spaces. I trace the implications of such interventions in terms of academic freedom and democratic values.

The climate crisis affects every living being on this earth. We face a real need for greater global responsibility based on a sense of the oneness of humanity. If we fail to act, it is the children and grandchildren of today who will really suffer. For them we must act together.

‘Loss for the Students’: Former Faculty, Alumni Write to DU VC Over Cancellation of DSE's Friday Colloquium thewire.in/education/loss…

Thats actually the right way of finding out what Dhamma is, by pointing out what it is not (gaining meaning by excluding) as called Apoha tradition in Buddhist epistemology, where a process of negation leads to correct meaning.

One of the favourite Speeches by Babasaheb🩵

First picture created a furore in USA. Because the larger public there thinks that individual and human rights are supreme! Second picture in India! Ohh let's talk about decolonization, Britishers were the oppressors,they invented caste,how dare they introduced liberal values!

Oppressor caste researchers see the oppressed castes as mere subjects of research. The focus was more on the plight of the oppressed caste rather than the mechanisms of exploitation of the oppressor caste. WhatsApp university graduates may not be able to comprehend this idea!

Pierre Bourdieu's Reproduction in Education Society and Culture.

Why do Indian universities, including premier national law institutions, continue to exhibit discriminatory attitudes toward marginalized communities, particularly tribal (Adivasi) groups? Consider this real-world example from a national law university: During a class

बीते पांच सालों में भारत के विश्वविद्यालयों में जातिगत-भेदभाव(Caste-based Descrimination) और जाति-विद्वेष की घटनाओं में 118% की बढोत्तरी हुई है. यह मेरा या किसी मीडिया संस्थान का आंकड़ा नहीं. एक संसदीय समिति और सुप्रीम कोर्ट को सौंपे दस्तावेज में UGC ने ये आंकड़ा पेश किया है.

It’s out of context, but worth sharing There lines are so philosophical on its own है मेरे पाँव ही ख़ुद मेरी बेडियाँ मुझसे मुझे तू छुडा तेरा मेरा रिश्ता पुराना तेरा मेरा रिश्ता पुराना तेरा मेरा रिश्ता पुराना 1/2

absolutely shameful outrage on much-needed UGC regulations on campus caste discrimination-- how many have died? how many dropped out/careers ruined? how many held accountable? why so much pain when accountability is fixed? the regulations are not gift but a hard fought right!

This in English called circumlocution. This is the understanding of a Brahmin MP on Caste discrimination in higher education. Can't stay away from caste loyalty, can't understand that Castes are a hierarchy and it is the upper castes who discriminate those below them..

Absolutely a must read by Prof. Sukumar

Is the Hon’ble Supreme Court undoing the social justice and equality, which are foundational pillars of the Indian Constitution, aimed at eliminating historical inequalities and ensuring dignity? Is the Hon’ble Supreme Court undoing the Article 17, which abolishes the practice