Over the last few days the country has seen one of the largest student uprisings in its recent history. UGC’s decision to scrap the non – NET scholarship, as declared on 20th October 2015, after a UGC meeting dated October 7, 2015, served as a tipping point for the simmering unrest within this student community, which has long been struggling under the assault of rising tuition fees and cost of education, reckless semesterization program at undergraduate level and deteriorating quality of public higher education due to fund cuts and a plethora of market oriented/vocational courses taking advantage of job insecurity.
Saving Seeds
The miracle of a seed is that this tiny little thing holds within itself the potential to recreate a whole individual plant or tree. And we humans, like many other beings, can come along and enjoy its pleasures, taste the fruit, smell the flower, sleep in the shade of the tree. It is the seed that holds promise of the things to come. In that way, it truly gives hope.
PinjraTod : Break the cage
The campaign, which began in early August, comprises of women from DU, Jamia Millia Islamia, Ambedkar University, National Law University and Jawaharlal Nehru University. It grew out through social media and word-of-mouth , where women hostel and PG residents shared their bitter experiences with guards, wardens, principals and landlords.
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