EFLU Students for Justice The EFL University Administration took a drastic decision to rusticate three students: an Adivasi student Mohan Dharavath, a Bahujan student Satish Nainala and also another Bahujan student Subhash Kumar from North India. In an order dated 6 May 2014, it is notified that Mohan Dharavath, Satish Nainala and others are …
An Open Letter to Ms. Arundhati Roy
Dalit Camera: Through Un-Touchable Eyes Dear Ms. Arundhati Roy, We are writing this letter to clarify our position on the rumors spreading in New Delhi about the cancellation of the launch of the book, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste, introduced by you and published by Navayana. The rumors claim that Dalit activists …
The “Secular” Ganesha and the “Communal” Asura
The “Secular” Ganesha and the “Communal” Asura: From the Trenches of the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad ~ Struggle Committee, EFLU The English and Foreign Languages University has filed a criminal case (dated: 11/09/13) for which six students (four students from the SC/ST/OBC communities and two women students) have been sent summons by …
Countering Academic Questions through Policing in EFLU
Thahir Jamal KM On 29th of April, the whole non-teaching staff along with some students started agitations in front of the administrative block demanding compensation for the deceased contract employee, who fell down from the fourth floor of the academic block of EFLU. All of a sudden, around 200 armed policemen rushed into the …
Another Victim after Mudasir: EFLU Administration’s Blood-thirst Exposed
Dalit Camera: Through Un-Touchable Eyes Dalit Camera interviewed Munavath Sriramulu, an Adivasi student in the German department of, EFLU, on the persecution he had been subjected to by the university administration for nearly two years. You’ll find an earlier interview of Sriramulu, conducted right after the tragic death of Mudasir Kamran, in the second part …
Death of a Student: Personal Tragedy or National Shame?
Asma Rasheed, K. Satyanarayana and Uma Bhrugubanda The suicide of Mudasir Kamran, a Kashmiri research scholar at the EFL University, Hyderabad has been described as “a personal issue” both by the university administration as well as other sections of society. Far from being so, we argue, his death is a symptom of a failure …
The Killing Fields of Academia
N. Sukumar & Shailaja To those children whoIn coal mines, soot, and ash,Furnaces and masonry…….Bathe in the dust of sand, lime and cement,And carry the stinking leather from the bone mill;AndIn the modern social order—-In hotels, schools, hostelsAnd in the abode of the pseudo-religiousBecome a victim of abuse,And under the shadow ofPain, misery, vulnerability, …
An open letter to the EFL Community from Teachers’ Front for Justice and Democracy
We write this to clarify certain positions regarding the formation of TFJD. While it is not our intention to target individuals or make polemical statements we want to express our views on the recent issues on campus. The Teacher’s Association’s Involvement in the current Academic and Administrative Deadlock on Campus * A general body meeting …
Fact Finding Report on Mudasir Kamran Mallah’s Death: Bahujan Intellectual’s Collective
We Demand Proctor Harish Vijra Must Be Immediately Arrested and Prosecuted A team of Bahujan Intellectual’s Collective and other forums formed a Fact Finding Team and visited the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) campus on March 5, to enquire into the suicide of a Ph.D. scholar Mudasir Kamran on March 2. This is …