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JNU Students Lathi-charged, Injured, first detained during protest over V-C remarks, UGC Equity guidelines, now Jailed
Fourteen of hundreds of protesting students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were sent to Tihar Jail on Friday, February 27 after a late night brutal lathi charge by the Delhi police on February 26, attacking a student protest and long march aimed to march towards the Ministry of Education; protesters were demanding the resignation of Vice Chancellor (VC) JNU Ms Pandit who had made derogative remarks against Dalits and Blacks recently
Our Gauri: A Tribute to Gauri Lankesh
First Published on: 27 Jan 2018Fearless journalist Gauri Lankesh was...
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Today, as we remember, mourn and celebrate a life lived to the fullest -- with grace, commitment, fun and zeal. That is Gauri Lankesh.A life that stood first and foremost against the politics of hate, violence and majoritarianism. Grace and Civility that was Gauri and most of all: A Courage and Forthrightness versus acts of Violent Cowardice and downright Slander
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