Emotionally Speaking

Protests intensify with another death in JNU campus: A multimedia report

Another death followed hard on the heels of Aishvarya’s death in the JNU campus [Read part I of this report first]. Dr. Sarpudden, senior faculty member from Govt. Arts College Trichy staying in the JNU campus died due to lack of timely medical support. Students gathered for protests at the administrative building at 2:30 pm [...]

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Iftar Party in JNU campus: A Photo Essay

The multicultural, plural JNU has many nice aspects that are not very common in other universities or educational institutions. One of these is the Iftar parties [also called the "grand Iftar party"] held in various hostels of JNU campus. Before the holy month of Ramadan starts, a committee of Muslim students is formed in every hostel [...]

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Aishvarya is dead because of lack of medical facilities in JNU campus

The photo on the left is of Aishvarya Agrawal, M.Tech student with the School of Information Technology [SIT, JNU] who passed away yesterday at about 11 PM IST. The manifest, ostensible, medical reason is that Aishvarya died due to an asthma attack. But the real reason is that he died because of lack of a fully [...]

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Violence in JNU campus university GBM

Yesterday [31 August 2009, about 10 PM], at the University General Body Meeting at Jhelum  Lawns of JNU campus [UGBM, kind of Gram Sabha of students] called on the issue of the Lyngdoh Committee Recommendations implementation in the Campus, the JNU campus witnessed some violence. Please note that I was NOT present during the meeting [...]

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Shashi Tharoor, Sachin Pilot and Deepender Hooda in JNU Campus: A first-hand report

This is first-hand report of the public meeting in the Koyna hostel of JNU campus organized by the NSUI on the topic ‘Ideology, Student Politics and Challenges.’ I am a JNU Student and I covered the meeting with my camera and recorder sitting just two feet away from the three dignitaries [you can see my [...]

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JNU Ragging Case: Observations and stories not published in the mainstream media

These are some stories, questions and events related to the recent JNU Ragging case which have remained unanswered and which are not covered by the mainstream media. I am a PhD student with JNU who lives in the same hostel as the four of the main accused [since expelled for two years] who were [...]

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