University and the Nation

Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism in India, 1917 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been a left bastion since its inception, and largely because of it, the campus has been home to critical ideas, questioning the dominant ideologies of power, be it caste, class, gender or mainstream nationalism. Fi...

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Published inEconomic and political weekly
Main Author Bhattacharjee, Manash
Format Journal Article Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Mumbai Athena Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd 13.02.2016
Subjects
Colleges & universities
Education
India
Murders & murder attempts
Nationalism
Politics
Power
Students
Tagore, Rabindranath
Universities and colleges
India
Kashmir
China
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Summary:Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism in India, 1917 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been a left bastion since its inception, and largely because of it, the campus has been home to critical ideas, questioning the dominant ideologies of power, be it caste, class, gender or mainstream nationalism. Fighting Crude Nationalism If students of JNU deserve the status of criminals for raising their protesting and dissenting voices against all forms of power and its excesses, then a list should be prepared of all those who have been part of this illustrious tradition since its inception. A BJP spokesperson said on a news channel, his "blood was boiling" hearing some of the slogans in the controversial march that took place on 9 February in JNU.
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ISSN:0012-9976