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Is AMU, a Vatican of India’s reactionary Muslim elite?

Continuing an active debate around the dominant politics at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) this former student questions the latent arcane exclusivism that is affecting both quality, representation and diversity within

Professor under fire for Islamophobic comments against JNUSU general secretary

Aejaz Ahmad Rather has lodged a complaint against Prof...

Bhim Army launches national students wing

Taking stock of the harassment and discrimination faced by...

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes recommends removal of security forces from schools in Jharkhand

Press Release issued by Women Against Sexual Violence and...

Umaiyah Khan not permitted to write NTA NET exam because of her Hijab

“It clearly says in Constitution that we are free...

You will be Missed Mushirul Hasan Sb.

Mushirul Hasan (15 August 1949 – 10 December 2018)...

High Court orders Central University of Kerala to reinstate Prasad Pannian

On December 5, the Kerala High Court passed a...

Art festival at TISS celebrates the colours of Bahujan resistance

 The Mumbai campus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences...

IIT-Madras, a Modern Day Agraharam?

The institute’s recent order, now withdrawn, of separate entrance...

Modern Builder of Jamia: Prof. Mushirul Hasan

Last evening (15 th December,2018) civil society groups, academicians...

JNU GSCASH statement on ICC punishments for complainant

We, the undersigned faculty and student members of Gender...

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