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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

BHU: Twelve students booked under murder charges for protesting against university’s Proctor

Twelve students of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have been...

Police violence in AMU after Hindutva goons attack students

Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) faced a violent episode on...

Girls at Dhabas: challenging issues of safety, or ‘respectability’ in urban Pakistan?

“You need to understand,” I told the reporter. “These...

The students of AMU say a loud ‘No’ to RSS Shakha in AMU

1925 marks the birth year of the hateful and...

This was a Lynching situation: Former JNUSU president Mohit Pandey on attacks by ABVP

Goons presumably affiliated to right wing students’ organisation ABVP,...

Bangladesh: The riptides underlying the students’ anti-reservation protests

The recent student protests were only the tip of...

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