Censorship – Academia
– By Geeta Seshu The Haryana State Women’s Commission issued a summons to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad for two of his social media posts, alleging that he made statements that allegedly “disparaged women officers in the Indian Armed Forces and promoted communal disharmony”. Prof Mahmudabad has contested the allegations and said they constitute […] Read More
The prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has taken its censorship of student activities onto a new level: it has suspended and debarred student leader Ramadas Prini Sivanandan for participating in protests against the BJP’s policies! Ramadas, a Dalit PhD scholar and first-generation learner, is a member of the central executive committee of Student […] Read More
In a shocking development, the entire editorial board of the Murty Classical Library of India series has been dismissed! The chair of the Oversight Board Prof Parimal Patil of Harvard University dismissed the editorial board “without cause, explanation of documentation”, says a statement by well known scholars and academics Prof Whitney Cox of the University […] Read More
Students and faculty from IIT Bombay held a unique protest of the abrupt cancellation of the lecture by linguist scholar Ganesh Devy on Thursday. Here is an account by Shyama Iyer. They read out extracts from his book outside the venue of the meeting. The institute canceled the talk, on ‘The crisis within: On Knowledge […] Read More
(Editor’s Note: The unrest in Manipur since early May 2023 has shown no signs of abating, with violence and tension–between the majority Meitei and minority Kuki-Zo groups – continuing to run high amidst a potentmix of state apathy, collusion and abetment. The media has faced many challenges in this polarized atmosphere, with lack of mobility […] Read More
Journalists, politicians and human rights activists across the world had been spied upon by their governments using a spyware tool, ‘Pegasus’, struck at the very heart of the trust imposed by citizens on the State, especially in democracies, to safeguard their personal data and privacy. Read More
An FSC report Update: The expulsion of the six students of the Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (MGAHV) in Wardha was revoked by the administration after a public protest. In a patently absurd and excessive administrative move, six students were expelled by the Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (MGAHV) in Wardha for attempting to host […] Read More
By Geeta Seshu The arrest of Manipuri student leader Thokchom Veewon on sedition charges for his Facebook posts on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is yet another example of the jittery response of the state to any expression of dissent. Thokchom Veewon was charged with inciting violence by his online posts. Incredibly, these posts […] Read More
Filmmaker Siddharth Chauhan took to social media to protest the cancellation of the screening of his film by IIT Mumbai at their film festival, which concluded today. Here’s what he said : IIT Mumbai has refused to screen my film PASHI – because of it’s adult (homosexual) content! I am shocked and taken aback to […] Read More
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