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"By "Revolution" we mean that the present order of things, which

is based on manifest injustice, must change.. A radical change, therefore,
is necessary and it is the duty of those who realise it to reorganise society
on the socialistic basis. Unless this thing is done and the exploitation of
man by man and of nations by nations is brought to an end, suffering
and carnage with which humanity is threatened today, cannot be
prevented.
Revolution is an inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is an
imperishable birth right of all. Labour is the real sustainer of society.
The sovereignty of the people is the ultimate destiny of the workers.
For these ideals, and for this faith, we shall welcome any suffering
to which we may be condemned... Long Live Revolution!"
- Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh

On the 26th of January 1950, we are going to enter into a life

of contradictions. In politics we will have equality and in social and
economic life we will have inequality. In politics we will be recognizing
the principle of one man one vote and one vote one value. In our social
and economic life, we shall, by reason of our social and economic
structure, continue to deny the principle of one man one value. How
long shall we continue to live this life of contradictions?
"What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty
in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality,
discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamental
rights"
- Babasheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

JNU Is No Citadel of Divisiveness

That Label Suits the RSS Better
Kavita Krishnan
The irony couldnt be thicker. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh organ
Panchjanyarecently devoted a cover story to an assault on the Jawaharlal
Nehru University, claiming that it is a citadel of divisiveness (darar ka garh)
where anti-national faculty and students seek to rive and destroy India. At the
same time, the Sangh is unabashedly spreading sectarian hatred.
Rashtra Dharma, another publication of the RSS, recently produced
a special issue with anarticlepromoting Deendayal Upadhyayas views
against Hindu-Muslim unity and arguing for the political defeat of Muslims.1 The special edition had all but the official seal of approval of the Modi
government: it was released in Lucknow by Union Minister Kalraj Mishra and
the piece spouting Upadhyayas views on Muslims was authored by Union
Minister of Culture Mahesh Chand Sharma. Moreover, the issue had greetings from a range of Bharatiya Janata Party and RSS brass, including party
president Amit Shah, LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Mohan Bhagwat.
In the recent past, the RSS attempted to disown responsibility for the Panchjanyas views arguing Vedic sanction for killing of those who slaughter cows,
and the Modi government shrugged off responsibility for anti-Muslim hate
speeches, claiming these were made by fringe elements. But how can the
RSS, BJP and the Modi government distance themselves from this article,
coming as it does from the pen of a union minister quoting the BJPs favourite
ideologue Upadhyaya?
The article is titledMuslim Samasya: Deendayal Ji Ki Drishti Mein(The
Muslim Problem: In Deendayals View). The Muslim citizen in India, then, is
a problem for Upadhyaya and for Indias culture minister. The article quotes
Upadhyaya to say that a person turns an enemy of the nation after becoming
a Muslim. Upadhyaya, it says, believed that while a Muslim may be good
individually he is bad in a group, whereas a Hindu who may be bad individually
is good as part of a group.
This theory explains what prompted the culture minister to say that despite being a Muslim, APJ Abdul Kalam was a great national and humanist.
Kalam the individual, in his view, was good despite of the inherent bad nature
of Muslims as a group. This is also why, for the BJP-RSS, every crime by a
Muslim confirms the bad nature of Muslims as a collective, whereas a crime
by a Hindu gets isolated as an individual act.
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Subordination of Muslims
TheRashtra Dharmaarticle says that Upadhyaya advocated the political
defeat of the Muslims, which will require the political defeat of Pakistan
Political defeat will end his [the Muslims] aggressive attitude and he will return
to his original Hindu nature. In this line lies the clue to why BJP president Amit
Shah made a speech claiming that firecrackers will be burst in Pakistan if BJP
loses Bihar. In the BJP-RSS imagination, Pakistanis are politically wedded
with the Indian Muslims. In effect, Amit Shah was telling the people of Bihar
that all Muslims are Pakistanis at heart and that is why they will rejoice if the
BJP is defeated. Voting for the BJP will mark a political defeat of Muslims/
Pakistanis.
According to Upadhyaya, those who advocate Hindu-Muslim unity rather than the defeat of Muslims areMuslimparast(appeasers of Muslims). In
Modi-ruled India, our ministers are telling us that Hindu-Muslim unity is divisive
because it appeases Muslims rather than defeating them.
We must remember that Upadhyaya was less explicit than RSS ideologue
MS Golwalkar about the subordination of Muslim citizens in India. InWe, Or
Our Nationhood Defined, Golwalkar wrote: Muslims living in India should be
second class citizens living on Hindu sufferance, with no rights of any kind
may stay in the country wholly subordinated to the Hindu nation claiming
nothing, deserving no privileges, far less any preferential treatment, not even
citizens rights.
This is the same Golwalkar whose unambiguousness Narendra Modi
admired in ahagiographyauthored by him in 2008. In that, the Indian prime
minister, then still the
chief minister of Gujarat,
expressed reverence for
Golwalkar as a formative
political influence.2 Not
surprisingly, the list of
great men of Indian
history with admirable
qualities cited by Modi
contains not a single
Muslim or Christian.
Moreover, it refers to
Ambedkar as the modern Manu a phrase that
could only be a deliberate
insult to Ambedkar, who
burnt theManusmriti for
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its advocacy of the subordination of Dalits and women. Ambedkar wished

Indias Constitution to be the very antithesis of theManusmriti, while the RSS
wantedManusmritito be the Constitution of independent India (as evidenced
by the editorial of Organiser, November 30, 1949).
The subordination not only of Muslims and other religious minorities, but
of Dalits, other oppressed and backward castes, and women is then central
to the RSS vision for India a vision that is espoused wholly by the BJP. This
is a vision that is divisive and dangerous for India.

Oppressed Castes and Reservations

The Panchjanya cover story on the Jawaharlal Nehru University is also revealing about what the RSS hates and fears most
about academics and intellectuals, and what it envisions them to be.
Onearticle in thePanchjanyas JNU feature, authored by Ravindra Singh
Baseda, is titled Den of a Nexus of Crypto-Christians and Neo-Leftists.3 What
struck me forcefully about it was its aggrieved observation that socialists and
communists, after the Soviet collapse, embraced the slogan of caste struggle
rather than class struggle. This analysis points to the deep and abiding discomfort of the RSS with caste-based reservations and the social and political
assertion of the Dalits and backward castes.
The collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe began in 1989,
culminating in the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. This was the period
in India when the Mandal Commissions recommendations of job reservations
for other backward classes were implemented, followed by violent anti-Mandal
agitations on university campuses across north India.
The Left organisation All India Students Association, born in 1990, defended the Mandal recommendations on many north Indian campuses, and the
1989-1990 Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union, with the independent
Amit Sengupta as president, resigned as a result of refusing to uphold the
mandate of a University General Body that passed an anti-Mandal resolution.
The anti-Mandal agitation was the catalyst that marked the emergence of the
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad as JNUs foremost right-wing organisation,
eroding the base of non-Left organisations like the Freethinkers.
In the 1993-94 the JNUSU (then led by AISA) successfully agitated to
restore the system of deprivation points in JNUs admission system that had
been scrapped a decade before. This system smoothed the way for larger
numbers of students from deprived regions and castes besides women to
enter university.
Years later, between 2008 and 2011, there was a successful struggle
against a faulty interpretation of cut-off criteria being used in JNU and many
other universities in India to avoid filling OBC seats. The agitation resulted in
a Supreme Court verdict vindicating the interpretation argued by AISA, many
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members of the JNU faculty, and the late civil libertarian K Balagopal and
retired IAS officer and social justice expert PS Krishnan.
It is these agitations in defence of reservations and affirmative action that
the RSS refers to derisively as caste struggle and castigates Left groups for
taking up. Equating Hindu upper caste identity with Indian identity, thePanchjanyaarticle brands a range of Dalit Bahujan organisations and forms of protest
as crypto-Christian and anti-national.

Egalitarianism and Diversity

The otherarticle in the JNU cover feature ofPanchjanyais by Ashwini
Mishra.4 It objects to the inclusion of human rights, womens rights, religious
freedom, discrimination and exclusion, sexual justice and secularism in the
JNU curriculum due to the infiltration of decision-making bodies by neo-Leftists.
As part of a conspiracy, the article says, academic centres like the Centre
for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion, Centre for Womens Studies and
North East India Studies Programme have been set up. It says these centre
are stacked with Leftist and crypto-Christian faculty and students, creating
an ideologically corrupt generation of students. This ideologically corrupt
generation, says the article, establishes deep roots in Indias institutions of
history, politics, media, judiciary and bureaucracy.
Along with a whole range of progressive modern academic disciplines, the
RSS also finds progressive Left, Dalit, feminist, and queer politics offensive
and anti-national. The article says that student activists achieve their aims
with the help of secularism, minority rights, human rights, womens rights
and the rights of deprived sections of society and the flourishing crop of
such poison can be seen all over the University in the slogans, posters and
pamphlets that cover its walls that seek to divide Indian culture, civilization
and society. The library, says the article, has everything that ought not to be
there instead of being stacked with material on Indian culture, philosophy
and values (note: for the RSS, Kabir and Phule, Kosambi and Basavanna do
not count as Indian culture.)
The RSS, then, finds the academic disciplines or political ideology inspired by human rights, minority rights, womens rights, rights of those facing
discrimination and exclusion poisonous and a threat to Indian culture. Does
this not tell us all we need to know about what the RSS seeks to establish as
Indian culture and society an India in which women, minorities, Dalits and
other deprived sections will be denied freedom and dignity?
I feel for the poor RSS. What torture it must be for the organisation to and
see men and women interact freely in JNU, the vibrant posters celebrating
struggles for emancipation from Indian history and all over the world, the slogans for the liberation of women and oppressed castes, the many bold and
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defiant protests to defend civil liberties. From the walls to the library to the
classrooms to the hostels and dhabas, everything must offend the senses of
the RSS and frustrate its sensibilities.

What JNU Stands For

JNU its student movement and many of its most illustrious faculty
members has always spoken truth to power. It has been a reliable source
of support for most peoples movements in the country. It has as the Panchjanya resentfully observes agitated to prevent the entry of Indira Gandhi at
the height of the Emergency, with many student activists being jailed during
Emergency. Its protest against a proposed visit by Lal Krishna Advani caused
the BJP leader to cancel his visit. And its students have shown black flags to
Manmohan Singh and been beaten up by both National Students Union Of
India and ABVP for doing so.
JNU is home to powerful feminist and queer politics and also to students
sustained agitations for the rights of JNUs own contract workers. And yes,
in JNU, no slogan or political idea is taboo. There, no one is allowed to shut
down a public meeting or a film screening or a book reading because the RSS
declares it to be anti-national.
When I went to Lucknow University last year to give a talk on womens
liberation in India, the ABVP physically disrupted the talk on the grounds that
the topic was an affront to Indian culture. The ABVP in Delhi University prevented a film on Muzaffarnagar riots from being screened it was screened in
JNU. The JNU student movement and intellectual atmosphere of scholarship
prevents ABVP from being able to do the same in JNU.
The great thing is that none of this has remained unique to JNU. As the
substantial increase in support for AISA in Delhi University Students Union polls
shows, the students of Delhi University too espouse and welcome progressive
politics and resent being held captive to NSUI and ABVP.
Indeed, Jamia Millia Islamia and Ambedkar University in Delhi as well as
campuses all over the country from Jadavpur to Puducherry, Indian Institute of
Technology-Madras to the Film and
Television Institute of India have
been witness to remarkable student
movements inspired by the very
same values that the RSS resents
and JNU cherishes. These values
are not held unique to JNU rather
they have inspired student movements all over India and the world.
As the JNU vice chancellor has
reminded us, the university contribCourtesy: R Prasad, ET

utes many MPs, cabinet secretaries and ambassadors. But JNUs abiding
contribution cannot be measured in terms of how many of its alumni can be
found in the establishment. Just as important are the activists it has contributed
to peoples movements, and the fine scholars and researchers it produced in
a variety of disciplines. JNU and its students, faculty and alumni speak with
the greatest pride and love for the likes of Comrade Chandrashekhar, the
former JNUSU President who went to Bihar in 1997 to be a Communist Party
of India (Marxist-Leninist) activist and was killed at the behest of the politician
don Shahabuddin.
Above all, JNUs best contribution and that of every university lies
in sharpening the urge to question everything without fear or hesitation, and
sharpening the intellectual tools to answer those questions. For many, JNU
offered the space (to paraphrase Marx) to not only interpret the world in various ways, but to change it.
1. Article in RSS monthly: Deendayal Upadhyaya was against Hindu-Muslim unity,
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/article-in-rss-monthly-deendayal-upadhyaya-was-against-hindu-muslim-unity/
2. Modis biography of Golwalkar suggests RSS leader was vital influence, http://
scroll.in/article/669178/modi-biography-of-golwalkar-suggests-rss-leader-was-second-most-important-influence
3.http://panchjanya.com//Encyc/2015/11/2/Nn~e&bZlkbZ&o&uo&
okeiafFk;ksa&ds&xBtksM+&dk&vk.aspx
4. http://panchjanya.com//Encyc/2015/11/2/ts,u;q&njkj&dk&x<+.aspx
Kavita Krishnan is a politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, secretary of the All India Progressive Women Association, and a
former joint secretary of the JNU Students Union.
(Courtesy: Scroll.in Nov 07, 2015)

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mlls Hkh T;knk best ds [ksy ls py jgh gks] mldk i<+us&fy[kus okyksa] e;&oxZ
ds rcdksa vkSj ;qokvksa ds chp esa bl rjg yxkrkj ,Dlikst gksuk mls ,d Lrj ij
cSdiQqV ij j[k jgk Fkk- oSls ;g ljdkj ^dqks ds fiYyksa* dh ekSr ij vkalw cgkus okyh
ljdkj ugha gS ij viuh Nfo ij pkSrjiQk iM+ jgh ekj vkSj bl nkSj ds ?kVukeksa us
mls ^dSYdqysVsM* vkalw cgkus ij etcwj t:j dj fn;k Fkkbu lkjs vkUnksyuksa dh xwt fnYyh esa cjdjkj j[kus dk dke ts,u;w ds Nk=k&vkUnksyu
us fd;k gS- blh dkj.k vkt ts,u;w ij bruk rh[kk geyk fd;k tk jgk gS-

fo'ofo|ky;ksa dk dke vkSj vkj,l,l

ukStokuksa dks ^gj Lrj ij* vius iSjksa ij [kM+k djus ds lkFk&lkFk fo'ofo|ky;ksa
dk dke 'u djuk gS- ts,u;w 'u mBkrk gS vkSj fofHkUu vkUnksyuksa ls [kqn dks tksM+rk
gS- ts,u;w tSls f'k{k.k&laLFkku neu] foLFkkiu] xjhch vkSj mRihM+u dh nqjfHklafk dks
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ckj&ckj 'ukafdr djrs gSa vkSj iwNrs gSa ns'k fdldk gS\ lkk dh utj esa ;gh ts,u;w
dk vijkk gSfofHkUu fopkjkkjkvksa dks ekuus okys Nk=kksa esa rh[kh cgl ds ckotwn ts,u;w esa
'kk;n gh dHkh fgalk gksrh gS- Nk=kla?k dk pquko fcuk ku&ckgqcy ds Nk=kksa dh pquh gqbZ
Lora=k pquko lfefr djrh gS ftlds fu.kZ; lcdks ekU; gksrs gS-a bl iwjs rkus&ckus esa og
ukxfjdrk curh gSa tks vkkqfud Hkkjr fuekZrkvksa dk LoIu Fkh ftls egku nk'kZfudksa vkSj
jktuhfrd fpardksa }kjk ckj&ckj mn~?kkfVr fd;k x;k gS- mPp dksfV ds lekt&foKkuh]
jktuhfrK] flfoy lsod] i=kdkj] ys[kd] oSKkfud iSnk djus ds lkFk&lkFk ukxfjdrk
dh ;g Vfs uax ^ts,u;w dk nk;* gS- fo'ofo|ky; dh izLFkkiuk ds :i esa tokgjyky
usg: }kjk nh x;h fo'ofo|ky; ds ms'; dh ifjHkk"kk bu lcesa ,d dk'k&LraHk dh
rjg jkLrk fn[kkrh jgrh gSij bl ek;us esa vkj,l,l dk joS;k cgqr vyx gS- vkSifuosf'kd laj{k.k] kkfeZd
enkUkrk vkSj tkrh; vfHkeku ds xkjs ls cuh bldh fopkjkkjk ftl jk"V vkSj ftl

Courtesy: Gokul Gopalkrishnan, The Hindu

rjg ds lekt dk liuk ysdj vkxs c<+ jgh gS mlesa u rks ,slh ukxfjdrk] 'ukdqyrk]
vkykspuk] cgl ds fy, xqatkb'k gS u gh reke fdLe dh vfLerkvksa] jk"Vh;rkvksa]
oafpr lewgksa ds fopkjksa vkSj vkdka{kkvksa dh lquokbZ- mUgsa xkakh&usg: tSls mnkjoknh
Hkh eatwj ugha gSa- ihfM+rksa&oafprksa vkSj ;qokvksa dh vkcknh esa vikj yksdf;rk ds pyrs
vEcsMdj vkSj Hkxr flag tSls uk;dksa ij ckr djus ds fy, etcwj gksus ij os mUgsa
Hkxok jax esa jaxuk ugha Hkwyrs- ij varr% muds uk;d ukFkwjke xksMls tSls gR;kjs vkSj
lkojdj tSls HkxksM+s gh jgrs gSa ftUgsa os bfrgkl ds dckM+[kkus ls >kM+&iksaNdj ckj&ckj
ckgj fudkyus dh dksf'k'k esa yxs jgrs gSa11

ts,u;w ^feuh bafM;k* gS

fu'kkus ij j[ks x, ;s Nk=k&Nk=kk,a kwy vkSj gljr ls Hkjs okLrfod Hkkjr ls vkrs
gSa- xjhcksa&nfyr&cgqtuksa vkSj yM+fd;ksa dk vk[kksa ns[kk ;FkkFkZ (tgk ds czk.koknh@
lkearh@enZoknh ifjos'k esa vkt Hkh utj ls utj feykuk vijkk gks) vkSj jk"Vh; Lrj
ij vk;ksftr dfBu os'k&ijh{kk ls xqtjdj ns'k dh jktkkuh esa fLFkr bl fo'ofo|ky;
rd igqpus ds fy, fd;k x;k la?k"kZ mudh etcwrh gksrs gSa- fu'p; gh blesa bykdkbZ
fiNM+siu vkSj fyax ds vkkkj ij vfrfjDr vad nsus okyh os'k&f;k bR;kfn ls mUgsa
enn feyrh gS ij bldk drbZ eryc ugha gS fd mUgsa dSEil esa dksbZ HksnHkko vkSj
eqf'dysa ugha >syuh iM+rh- ,sls esa ts,u;w Nk=kla?k dh jguqekbZ esa okeiaFk ds lkFk&lkFk
cgqjaxh Nk=k&vkUnksyu muds ikl ml thou 'kSyh ds :i esa vkrk gS ftls ts,u;w ds
Nk=k vks<+rs&fcNkrs gSadekscs'k jksfgr oseqyk tSlh ifjfLFkfr;ksa ls vkus okys ;s Nk=k vius leqnk;ksa ds
nq%[k&nnZ] vuqHkwfr;k] Hkk"kk vkSj Hkko] la?k"kZ vkSj lius Hkh ys vkrs gSa ftls ts,u;w dh
vdknfed Vsfuax vkSj 'kksk Kku&ljf.k;ksa esa <kyrh gSa- tkfgj gS ;gk fopkjksa vkSj n`f"V;ksa
dh csbargk VdjkgV gksrh gS- ,sls esa vdknfed Vsfuax ls gkfly ijk;s vkSj fojkskh
fopkjksa dks lquus vkSj le>us dh lgu'khyrk vkSj Nk=k vkUnksyu dh okn&fookn ls gh
lHkh elyksa dks gy djus dh thoar jok;r ml jlk;u dk dke djrh gS tks fdlh
Hkh vkkqfud vkSj lH; ns'k dh yksdrkfU=kd ukxfjdrk ds fy, vko';d [kkn&ikuh gSblh vFkZ esa fo'ofo|ky; ^Hkfo"; dh ulZjh* gksrs gSa ftldh dYiuk fgVyj dh ukth
lsuk ls mkkj ekxh x;h gkiQ isaV (vc iQqy) igudj lqcg&lqcg naMor djus vkSj
euqLe`fr dks gh ek.k ekuus okys dj gh ugha ldrs- tks yksx ugha pkgrs fd lkekftd
rkus&ckus] Kku&foKku ls ysdj gj ,d pht esa dqN oxksaZ dk pyk vk jgk opZLo VwVs
os bu vkkqfud ,dyO;ksa dk ;sudsudkjs.k vaxwBk vc Hkh dkV ysuk pkgrs gSavxj fofokrk vkSj frfufkRo ds Lrj ij ts,u;w ,d vFkZ esa ^feuh bafM;k*
gS vkSj ,d mnkgj.k ds :i esa fopkj vkSj O;ogkj ds Lrj ij yksdra=k dh loksZPp
ijEijkvksa o vlgefr ds Loj dks jpk,&cpk, ts,u;w gekjs ^liuksa ds Hkkjr* dk ,d
lw{e txr (Microcosm of Ideal India) gS] mldh var'psruk gS rks Hkktik ljdkj
dk ;g geyk blh ^liuksa ds Hkkjr* ij gS-

viQT+ky@d'ehj rks cgkuk gS- fu'kkuk dqN vkSj gS !

ckj&ckj ;g Li"V fd;k tk pqdk gS fd viQT+ky xq# dh iQkalh dh cjlh ij

vk;ksftr dk;Ze Nk=kksa ds ,d lewg us fd;k Fkk] ftldh vuqefr 'kklu us la?kh
ljdkjh ncko ds pyrs dk;Ze 'kq: gksus ls cl 15 feuV igys j dj nh vkSj
,chohih us dk;Ze LFky ij igqpdj gqM+naxbZ dh- ?keklku dh bl fLFkfr ls fuiVus
,oa 'kkafr cgky djus ds ms'; ls gh Nk=kla?k v;{k lfgr vU; okeiaFkh laxBuksa ds
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dk;ZdrkZ ogka igqaps Fks- mUgksaus bl nkSjku

yxs dqN vkifktud ukjksa ls viuh
vlgefr trkrs gq, mls can djkus dh
dksf'k'k dh- ckj&ckj ;g Li"V djus ds
ckn Hkh ftl rjg ls Nk=kla?k v;{k
lfgr vU; Nk=kksa dks fu'kkus ij fy;k
x;k gS vkSj mlesa ftl rjg ls mej
[kkfyn dks fu'kkuk cuk;k x;k mlls
,chohih] ljdkj] iqfyl vkSj ehfM;k
dh ea'kk ij lUnsg gksrk gS- iQkalh dh
ltk vkSj mlds pqfuank mi;ksx ij ns'k
ds yksdrkaf=kd gydksa esa dbZ lokykr
gSa- viQT+ky xq# dh iQkalh ij Hkh cgqr
ls U;k;/h'kksa] dkuwufonksa] ekuokf/dkj
dk;ZdrkZvksa vkSj ukxfjd lekt vkfn us
loky mBk;s gSa vkSj ,sls eqn~nksa ij loky
Courtesy: Jyothidaas KV, Free Students
[kM+k djuk u rks xSjdkuwuh gS vkSj u
gh izfrcaf/r gS- rfeyukMq fo/kulHkk us ns'k ds iz/kuea=kh jktho xka/h ds gR;kjksa dh
ltk eki+Q djokus ds fy, izLrko ikl fd;k gS- ;gka rd fd gky gh esa mu yksxksa dks
fjgk djus dh Hkh fliQkfj'k dh gS- D;k rfeyukMq dh lkjh ikfVZ;ka ns'knzksgh gSa\ cfYd
Hkktik rks bu nyksa ds lkFk xBca/u ds fy, csrkc gS- iatkc esa Hkktik ds lg;ksxh
vdkyh ny dh ljdkj vkSj mlds eq[;ea=kh vkradokn ds nks"kh jktksvkuk vkSj HkqYyj
dh iQkalh dh ltk jn~n djokus ds fy, dbZ ckj xqgkj yxk pqds gSa- Hkktik us viuh
lk>k ljdkj ds lg;ksxh dks dHkh ns'knzksgh ?kksf"kr ugha fd;k] rks fiQj mudks viQT+ky
xq# dh iQkalh ij cgl Hkh djus ek=k ls rdyhiQ D;ksa gksrh gS\ tEew&d'ehj esa ljdkj
pyk jgh Hkktik ds lg;ksxh laxBu ihMhih us vkt rd bl ij viuh vkifk cjdjkj
j[kh gS- eqrh eksgEen lbZn us viQT+ky dh gR;k dks ^vifo=k tYnckth* crkrs gq,
bls d'ehj ds ^nnZ Hkjs* bfrgkl ij ,d udkjkRed lUnHkZ dgk Fkk- ij Hkktik dks
ihMhih ds lkFk ljdkj pykus esa dksbZ fnDdr ugha gS- Hkktik us eqrh dks ^ns'kksgh*
ugha dgk- ;g dSlk nksgjk ekinaM gS\

ts,u;w ij bruk cM+k geyk D;ksa %

u, nq'eu dh ryk'k esa la?k

ts,u;w vkSj mlds cgkus okeiaFk ds ij geyk] nq"pkj dksbZ u;h ckr ugha gS- ij
;g bl ckj ,d u;k vk;ke ys pqdk gS- ekStwnk ljdkj vkSj mldk efLr"d vkj,l,l
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fur u, ^nq'eu* (other) [kM+s fd;s cxSj ugha jg ldrk- igys ,uthvks] yo&ftgknh]
fiQj xkS&ekal [kkus okys] fiQj fofHkUu f'k{k.k&laLFkku vkSj muesa dke djus okys laxBu]
jksfgr tSls Nk=k vkSj fiQj ^ns'k&ksfg;ksa* dh u;h tekr vkSj tkfgj gS ts,u;w mudk x<+cqjs fnu yk pqdh ljdkj dh ;g t:jr gS fd og yksxksa dks cgdk, j[ks- egaxkbZ]
LokLF;] f'k{kk] jkstxkj] d`f"k vFkZra=k&gj izQaV ij ljdkj iQsy gksrh tk jgh gS- ,sls esa
mls ,d etcwr nq'eu dh t:jr gS tks eSnku esa fVd lds- ftlds f[kykiQ tuekul
HkM+dk;k tk lds- nknjh dk v[kykd ,d detksj nq'eu Fkk ftldh gR;k ls bl
ljdkj dh dkiQh fdjdjh Hkh gqbZ Fkh- mUgsa ,d ,slk nq'eu pkfg, ftls os gj txg
ekStwn fn[kk ldsa vkSj crk ldsa fd og ^ns'kksgh* gS vkSj ^fons'kh rkdrksa* ls feyk gqvk
gS] blfy, blds tks leFkZd tgk feysa ogka geyk djks- njvly vkj,l,l&Hkktik
viuh vliQyrk dks vak&jk"Voknh mUekn ls <aduk pkgrh gS vkSj bl mUekn dh vkM+
esa okeiaFk fojksk dks ^ekWl djsDVj* nsuk pkgrh gS,d Lrj ij ;g la?k vkSj czk.koknh rkdrksa dh ckS[kykgV dks fn[kkrk gS ogha
nwljh rjiQ ;g iQklhokn dh vken dk jkLrk Hkh lkiQ djrk gS- blfy, os ts,u;w
fookn dks yEck [khapuk pkgrs gSa- ,slk yx jgk gS fd bl NksVs ls fo'ofo|ky; ds
uke ij py jgk ;s ;q vc rd vulqy>s dbZ eqksa dks lkeus yk,xk- yksdrkaf=kd]
izxfr'khy] kafrdkjh rkdrksa ds le{k ;g ,d gh lkFk pqukSrh vkSj cgqr cM+k ekSdk
gS- vxj lgh rS;kjh vkSj le> ds lkFk blesa gLr{ksi tkjh j[krs gq, bls tuekul
ds jkstkuk la?k"kksaZ ls ,desd fd;k tk ldk rks ^ts,u;w fookn* iQklhoknh rkdrksa dk
^okVjyw* lkfcr gks ldrk gS-

gs eka! ge rqels I;kj djrs gSaoUns ekrje! Hkkjr ekrk dh t;!

Vhoh cglksa esa dqN mUeknh ,adjksa lfgr Hkktik vkSj ,chohih ds yksx ckj&ckj
okeiaFkh yksxksa dks ^oUns ekrje* vkSj ^Hkkjr ekrk dh t;* cksyus ds fy, yydkj
jgs gSa- mudks yxrk gS mUgksaus okeiafFk;ksa dh ^detksj ul* idM+ yh gS- Hkkjr tSls
fofo/rkiw.kZ ns'k esa fdlh ,d ukjs dks jk"Vokn dh dlkSVh ds crkSj is'k djuk bl
ns'k dh laLd`fr ds gh f[kykiQ gS- fiQj Hkktik ;k la?k ds yksx jk"Vokn dk lfVZfiQdsV
ckaVus okys gksrs dkSu gSa\ tks laxBu vktknh dh yM+kbZ ds nkSjku ekurk Fkk fd ^fganqvksa
dks vaxzstksa ds f[kykiQ yM+us esa viuh mQtkZ cckZn ugha djuh pkfg,* D;k mls ns'kHkDr
laxBu dgk tk ldrk gS\ tc xka/h th ns'k dks Lokoyach cukus ds fy, ukjk ns jgs Fks
fd ^[kknh oL=k ugha fopkj gS* ml le; la?k ds yksxksa us fgVyj ds lSfudksa dh [kkdh
fuDdj m/kj ys yh- ;g [kkdh Hkh oL=k ugha fopkj gS& rkuk'kkgh dk fopkj] yksdra=k
dks jkSanus dk fopkj] vius gh ns'kokfl;ksa dks ,d nwljs ls yM+okdj gR;k djus dk
fopkj] L=kh dks nks;e ntsZ dk euq"; ekuus dk fopkj- ,sls fopkjokys tc ^Hkkjr ekrk
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dh t;* ds ukjs dks MaMs ds tksj ls ns'kHkfDr dk iSekuk cukus dh dksf'k'k djrs gSa rks
os Hk; vkSj vkrad ds tfj;s viuh ns'k fojks/h dkjxqtkfj;ksa ij inkZ Mkyus ds iz;kl esa
gksrs gSa- turk dh esgur dh dekbZ dks gtkjksa djksM+ dk pwuk yxkdj ns'k NksM+us okys
fot; ekY;k us Hkh vius dks jk"Voknh crk;k- ns'k:ih eka dks ywVus okyksa ds f[kykiQ
^Hkkjrekrk dh t;* Nki Nn~e jk"Vokfn;ksa ds eqag ls cksy ugha iQwVrkckr ysfdu blls Hkh xaHkhj gS- tks yksx ,d rji+Q ^Hkkjrekrk dh t;dkj* dj jgs
gSa ogh yksx nwljh rji+Q ns'k ds ty taxy tehu dks nslh fons'kh iwathifr;ksa }kjk ywV
dh [kqyh NwV ns jgs gSa- xksjs vaxjst pys x, ysfdu Hkwjs vaxjst }kjk ns'k dh vueksy
laink dh ywV tkjh gS- Hkkjrekrk ds fy, iQkalh p<+ x, Hkxr flag bl rF; dks

Courtesy: R Prasad, ET

HkyhHkkafr le> jgs Fks- blhfy, xksjs vaxjstksa ds lkFk Hkwjs vaxjstksa ls Hkh Hkkjr dks eqDr
djkus ds fy, mUgksaus ^bao+Qykc ftankckn* dk ukjk fn;k ftlesa eka :ih ns'k dh egt
iwtk vpZuk ugha] cfYd mldh laizHkqrk vkSj mlds ukxfjdksa dh gj rjg ds 'kks"k.k ls
eqfDr dh ckr dgh xbZ gS-

Hkkjr ekrk dkSu gS\

la?k dh Hkkjrekrk dh Nfo esa lksuh lksjh tSlh vkfnoklh efgyk,a 'kkfey ugha
gksrh- blfy, mudk psgjk Hkh tyk fn;k tkrk gS- tgjhys dkysiu vkSj nnZ esa fyiVk
gqvk lksuh lksjh dk psgjk] fganqRo ds Bxksa }kjk rkfM+r ^Hkkjr ekrk* ds dyafdr psgjs
dks fn[kkrk gS- lksuh lksjh tSlh efgyk,a lhks bl ns'k dh feh ls vkrh gSa vkSj blds
taxyksa] ufn;ksa] igkM+ksa vkSj yksxksa dh j{kk esa [kM+h gksrh gSa- os ns'kt (indigenous)
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Hkkjrh;ksa dh ml vVwV laLd`fr dk >aMk mBk;s gq, gSa ftldh ijaijk oSfnd ;qx ds bl
kjrh ij iSj j[kus ds gtkjksa o"kZ igys rd tkrh gS-

lsuk jk"Vokn dh dlkSVh ugha

lcls igys ;g ns[kuk cgqr t:jh gS fd tks yksx lsuk ds uke ij vak&jk"Vokn
iQSyk jgs gSa ogh lsuk ds tokuksa dh ekSr ds fy, Hkh ftEesnkj gSa- vktknh ds brus
n'kd xqtjus ds ckn Hkh ge vkt rd vius iM+ksfl;ksa ls lEcUk D;ksa ugha lqkkj lds
gSa\ lhek ds nksuksa rjiQ ruko ls fdldks iQk;nk gksrk gS\ vke fdlku ifjokjksa ls vk;s
gq, ukStokuksa ls cuh nksuksa eqYdksa dh lsuk dks vkil esa yM+okrk dkSu gS\ 'kghn lSfudksa
dh yk'k ij jktuhfrd mYyw lkkus ds ckn mUgsa D;ksa Hkqyk fn;k tkrk gS\ jk"Vokn ds
uke ij vkf[kj ge dc rd vius lSfudksa dks rkcwrksa esa ?kj okil vkrk ns[ksaxs\ dkSu
pkgrk gS fd nksuksa eqYdksa ds chp v'kkafr cuh jgs\
cgqr nqHkkZX;iw.kZ vkSj 'kkfrjkuk <ax ls Hkktik vkSj Vhoh ,sadjksa us lsuk ds dqN yksxksa
dks ^ts,u;w&fookn* esa mrkjdj ekeys dks vkSj rwy nsus dk dke fd;k- gdhdr ;s gS
fd blesa ls dbZ fjVk;MZ lSU;&vfkdkjh ^fjlpZ laxBu* vkSj ^fFkad VSad* dh vkM+ esa
bl mi egkns'k esa ;q vkSj ruko ds okrkoj.k dks cuk;s j[krs gSa- bldk vafre iQk;nk
nqfu;k ds fefyVh baMfLV;y dkWEiysDl mBkrs gSa- ;g loZfofnr gS fd Hkkjr nqfu;k dk
lcls cM+k gfFk;kj&vk;krd ns'k cu pqdk gSoSls Hkh Hkkjrh; lsuk cgqr cqjs nkSj ls xqtj jgh gS- gekjk gfFk;kj ctV lsuk ds
osyiQs;j ctV ls cgqr T;knk gS- gdhdr ;g gS fd lsuk esa vkRegR;k djus okys tokuksa
dh la[;k nq'eu dh xksyh ls ejus okys tokuksa dh la[;k ls T;knk gS vkSj Lo;a lsuk ds
fjdkM~lZ crk jgs gSa fd lsuk ds viQlj vkSj tokuksa esa euksjksfx;ksa dh la[;k c<+rh gh
tk jgh gS ftldk dkj.k lsuk ds vUnj dke dh ifjfLFkfr;ka gSa- xkSj dhft;s ^ns'kHkDrksa*
ls Hkjs gekjs ns'k dh lsuk esa viQljksa ds 15]000 ls T;knk in [kkyh gSa- vkf[kj yksx
lsuk esa D;ksa ugha tk jgs\ lsuk esa lcls fupys ntsaZ ij dke dj jgs tokuksa dks dbZ
fdLe ds HksnHkko Hkh lgus iM+rs gSa- vk;s fnu lsuk dh mQijh dksfV esa Hkz"Vkpkj cgqr
vke ckr gks pqdh gS ftldk vankT+kk lsuk ds Hkhrj Hkz"Vkpkj ds ekeys esa py jgh
^dksVZ vkWiQ bUDok;fj;ksa* ls yxk;k tk ldrk gS- buesa ls vfkdk'k ckrksa dks xksiuh;rk
vkSj ^lsuk dk eukscy detksj gksxk* ds uke ij nck fn;k tkrk gS;g Hkh ;ku nsuk pkfg, fd dbZ vFkksaZ esa Hkkjrh; lsuk vc Hkh vkSifuosf'kd
uLyh;rk o oxZ vkSj tkfr ds vkkkj ij pys vk jgs inkuqe (hierarchy) dks
frfcafcr djrh gS- lsuk esa HkrhZ ds ftl ^'kkjhfjd ekinaM vkSj {kerk* dks vkkkj
cuk;k tkrk gS og Hkw[k] dqiks"k.k vkSj xjhch ls xzLr 67 nfyrksa vkfnokfl;ksa dks lsuk
ds v;ksX; cuk nsrk gS- D;k lsuk vkSj ^ns'kHkfDr* fliQZ Hkjs&iwjs yksxksa dh cikSrh gS\
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lsuk vkSj jk"Vokn dks ,d eku ysuk drbZ lgh ugha gS- lPpkbZ ;g gS fd Hkkjr
tSls ns'k esa fdlh dk lsuk esa HkrhZ gks tkuk fdlh fo'ks"kkfkdkj ls de ugha gS- bldk
vanktk lsuk dh HkfrZ;ksa esa meM+us okyh HkhM+ ls yxk;k tk ldrk gS ftuesa vfkdka'k
ek;wl gks ?kj ykSV tkrs gSa- tks yksx HkrhZ gks tkrs gSa muesa ls dbZ guqeuFkIik dh fu;fr
dks izkIr gksrs gSa vkSj lRrk muds cfynkuksa dks rexs lk Vkaxdj ^ns'kHkDr* cu tkrh
gS- vkf[kj guqeuFkIik vkSj muds lkfFk;ksa dh ekSr dk ftEek fdldk gS\ D;ksa mUgsa
igys ugha fudkyk tk ldk\ blds fy, dkSu ftEesnkj gS\

ts,u;w [kqn dks lgh lkfcr djsxk

;s xnZ&xqckj cSBsxh vkSj ,d fnu [kjk lp lkeus vk,xk- [kkl ckr ;g gS fd

ts,u;w pqi cSBus okyk fo'ofo|ky; ugha gS- laHkor% Hkktik ljdkj ds [kSj[okgksa vkSj
lykg nsus okyksa esa ls dqN viuh ljdkj ls dkiQh ukjkt py jgs gSa vkSj mUgksaus ljdkj
dks ekqefD[k;ksa ds Nks esa gkFk Mkyus ds fy, mdlk fn;k gS- vglefr dk ;g mn~?kks"k
yEck f[akpus okyk gS vkSj fnYyh esa 2016 dk ;g clar yky jgsxk[Sandeep Singh is a former JNUSU President]

Courtesy: drambedkarbooks.com

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From an IPS officer in J&K

Dear Arnab Goswami, JNU, my alma mater, deserves your
tax money
Basant Rath
Partial disclosure: I studied sociology in JNU for six years.
I voted for the All India Students Association candidates in the JNUSU
elections. Every time. All the time. Trust me, Im not anti-national. My university
deserves to be nurtured. I dont hold a brief for my alma mater. That is not me
and I dont do that. Facts are more important than feelings. My university taught
me. A university that deserves to be owned and supported. By the state, the
government, the market and civil society. Here is why. Here are the reasons.
One, JNU has never been a waste of this nations limited resources. It
has been a value-for-money endeavour right from the beginning. No riders.
No ifs and buts. Yes, preparing for the civil services examination is a priority
for a sizeable percentage of students who get admission there. Yes, most students spend a considerable part of their waking hours participating in political
activities. Yes, there is too much sloganeering out there.
But, Arnab, my dear friend, what do you expect a university to be? A
money-making enterprise? Like the business projects financed by NPA-laden
public-sector banks and promoted by the likes of Vijay Mallya? JNU has always
been one of the top two universities in the social sciences and one of the top
five in the physical sciences in India. Both in the private and public sectors.
Regarding its standing amongst world universities, the issue is not lack of
quality in academic research in JNU. The issue is much bigger.
What is the quality of Indias R&D? What is the number of patents registered in the names of the stalwarts of Indias Brahman-Shravana research
establishment in the private and public sectors? You know the answers.
What is the contribution of the university to Indias nation-building, you
ask. Immense. Period. A university is not a parade ground. It is an incubation
bowl. It is not about the bottom-line. It is about the aspiration-horizon. It is not
worried about the market. It is concerned about the political economy of the
project of state-building. State-building, I say. Not mere government-running.
Two, JNU has never been a platform for anti-India student leaders and
their followers to hijack the educational space to promote their divisive agenda.
I was there for six years. I should know. My professors and fellow students.
True, there have been stray incidents of some students celebrating Maoist attacks on the police in Naxal-infested areas. True, some students have shouted
slogans and carried posters supporting the causes of Jammu and Kashmir
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and the Northeast. True, some student organisations are sympathetic to the
causes of groups that are at war with the government of the day.
But Arnab, are we supposed to hold the entire university responsible for the
activities of a few students who celebrate the deaths of policemen? Doesnt your
news channel differentiate between the death of an army soldier and that of a
policeman? How many policemen got decorated with medals when they died
undertaking rescue operations during natural disasters in the last five years?
Year after year, the issues of J&K and the Northeast have been close to
the hearts of the JNU student community. Students with diametrically opposite
ideas and ideologies. With unbelievable energy and unshakeable intentions.
Does this fact make them anti-national as a matter of definition? As a matter of
first principle? As a matter of divine imputation? No, Arnab, no. Name a place
where an Indian prime minister goes to address a public rally and says that
his government will do everything possible insaniyat ke dayre mein to wipe
peoples tears. Atal Bihari Vajpayee said that to the masses in Srinagar. This
phrase has changed the political discourse of our times. People are suffering
in Kashmir, Arnab. They are suffering in the Northeast. When it comes to the
causes behind their suffering of generations, and the broad policymaking
contours of what the governments of the day should do, the students may not
agree with you. Does the very act of highlighting the issues of J&K and the
Northeast make the students and their leaders anti-national?
Three, JNU is not a communist bastion. Not a breeding ground for leftist
organisations that do not believe in the idea of India. JNU has always been
a home for all shades of ideas. The student community is as diverse as the
subcontinent. Their ideologies are diverse. Their political plumage as colourful.
The Brahman-Shravana RSS shakhas have been active in the university since
the 1980s. You need to visit the campus to see how energetic they are. Not long
ago, in 2001, the JNUSU had a president who belonged to the rightwing ABVP.
The students in JNU are as worried about Indias future as you and I. No
leftist group has ever wanted the state to go away. They have been having
problems with the governments of the day. That is a different point. From the
leftist point of view, the legitimacy of the ideological state apparatus is always
to be interrogated. Some groups take public positions about wresting power
from the ruling elite. But nothing like overthrowing Parliament.
Remember Comrade Chandrashekhar? He was our president when I was
a student there. He was voted in twice as our leader. Of Aisa. Of Siwan. Of
old-world idealism. A beautiful human being. A sweetheart. The most innocent
pair of eyes I have seen in my life. He was killed. In 1997. Within two years of
leaving the presidents chair. Shot dead in broad daylight. At a public meeting.
Do you know the name of the venue? Jai Prakash Chowk. Was he not a patriot?
Did he not love this nation? Was he a lazy slogan-shouting student leader?
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Arnab, my dear friend, some students allegedly shouted anti-India slogans.

Allegedly. This is the operative part. There is the law and there is the criminal
justice system. The police, the evidence and the court. Why waste so many
working days of so many sane people to blacken the name of my university?
Nationalism is not a marketing tool. To be used by news channels chasing
TRPs. To be used by political parties to prove their worth. To be used by some
retired army generals who find every perceived slight as a nail to be banged
on its head by an attractive and all-knowing hammer called patriotism.
Full disclosure: Im not a communist. Never have been. I love my Nusrat
Saab. I love my Steve Jobs. I love my perfume bottles.
My university is yours too. It is ours. It is a part of the idea of India as a
nation. A beautiful part. But a part apart. And a part apart. Arnab, my friend, it
hurts. Please dont speak ill of JNU. Dont think ill of JNU. It hurts immensely.
Comrade Chandrashekhar was Chandu for me. I was so privileged. Please
dont take away this privilege. Dont hurt his memories. God bless you and
your news channel and your co-investors.
[The writer, a 2000-batch IPS officer, is a DIG in J&K.
Courtesy: Indian Express Feb 29, 2016]

Courtesy: sanitarypanels.com

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With Due Respect

Objection, your honour: Even as Delhi HC grants bail to JNUSU
president, its order could shrink the space for free speech
(Editorial, Indian Express, 4 March 2016)
That JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested for sedition, has got bail, brings a
heartening moment in a dispiriting saga. Even as Kanhaiya walks out of jail, however, there
are intimations of the wearying battle that still lies ahead not just for Kanhaiya, but for
all those who have stakes in protecting and extending the citizens freedom of expression.
The Delhi HC order can be divided into two parts that which pertains to the letter
of the law on sedition and bail, and observations on the case. A careful reading of the first
part suggests that there are thin grounds to keep Kanhaiya in jail. By all accounts, he was
present at the protest in which allegedly anti-national slogans were raised, but claims that he
actively participated in the activities are controversial. Serious questions have been raised
about the veracity of the video that the FIR depends on. And Kanhaiyas own speech after
the event, showcasing his repeated assertions of faith in Indias constitutional framework, is
hardly the stuff of sedition. There are fundamental questions, too, about the interpretation,
applicability and relevance of the law of sedition. Among other things, these have to do with
the degrees of separation that lie between discussion, advocacy and incitement.
The second part of the same order, however, raises concerns about the commitment of the judiciary to the protection of the individual citizens rights and freedoms from
encroachment by the state, notwithstanding the Delhi HCs decision to grant bail to Kanhaiya Kumar. These freedoms, the court suggests here, are assured by the armed and
paramilitary forces that are protecting our frontiers in the most difficult terrain.
The slogan-shouting students may not be even able to withstand those conditions
for an hour even, it says. While there is no disputing the role of the armed forces in
guarding the countrys integrity, just why does the court deem it necessary to mention it
in an order concerning the freedom of speech? In its praise of the military as guarantor
of individual freedoms, is the court abdicating its own responsibility to uphold them? It is
disturbing also that the court should liken thoughts reflected in the slogans to a kind of
infection which needs to be controlled/ cured before it becomes an epidemic. Its talk
of gangrene, antibiotics, surgical intervention and amputation is deeply troubling.
Further, the court asks Kanhaiya to furnish an undertaking that he will not participate
actively or passively in any activity which may be termed as anti-national, disregarding
the fact that this case has provoked a debate on what is anti-national. It asks that a member of the faculty should assure the court not only with respect to appearance before the
court, but also to ensure that his thoughts and energy are channelised in a constructive
manner. The impression is inescapable: Even as it grants bail to the JNUSU president,
the court order may encourage the further policing and shrinking of the space for free
speech. Given that India has traditionally looked up to the court to protect and extend this
space, this is a disquieting portent.
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A Song or Two
(For the cognisance of Justice Pratibha Rani)
1. Setting an unusual precedence, Justice Pratibha Rani starts her bail
order on Kanhaiya Kumar with a Hindi film song "Mere desh ki dharti sona
ugle.." (My countrys land brims over with gold and pearls). The fact is that
the Government of the day are inviting crony corporates and MNCs to loot
the countrys land, its gold, its minerals, its
forests, and the countrys police and armed
forces are unleashed to massacre and murder those peasants and adivasis who defend
the countrys land and resources! It would be
interesting to know whether our honourable
judge consider this corporate plunder of our
desh ki dharti and State repression that
facilitates that plunder, to be nationalist?
And also does she think that the State which
brands defenders of land and resources
against such plunder as anti-national?
2. In the bail order, Justice Pratibha
Rani also makes emotional references of the
soldiers who give up their lives on our borders. Professor Nivedita Menon, in contrast,
refreshes our
tkus okys flikgh ls iwNks
memory with a
oks dgka tk jgk gS
poignant Hindi
b'd gS dkfry&,&ftanxkuh
film song by
[kwu ls rj gS mldh tokuh
Makhdoom
gk; eklwe cpiu dh ;knsa
Mohiuddin
gk; nks jkst dh ukStokuh
which evokes
tkus okys--a haunting
dS
l
s
lges
gq
, gSa uT+kkjs
narrative of a
dS
l
s
Mj
Mj
ds
pyrs
gSa rkjs
soldier partD;k
tokuh
dk
[kw
u
gks
jgk
gS
ing to fight a
lq
[
kZ
ga
S
va
p
yka
s
ds
fdukjs
war. Menon
tkus okys--reminds The
dkSu nqf[k;k gS tks xk jgh gS
refrain of the
Hkw[ks cPpksa dks cgyk jgh gS
song is Ask
yk'k
tyus dh cw vk jgh gS
the departing
ftUnxh
gS fd fpYyk jgh gS
solider, where
tkus okys--Courtesy: R Prasad, ET
do you go? It
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talks about death and destruction, of weeping women and hungry children. This
song about the futility of war also goes out to all those who say it is insulting to
the armed forces to raise our voices against widespread militarization of the
Indian subcontinent. Would we all be safer, including our soldiers, if the elites
of neighbouring countries and a global military industrial complex did not have
immense stakes in keeping
bUlkiQ dh Mxj is] cPpks fn[kkvks py ds
tensions running high? 1
;s ns'k gS rqEgkjk] usrk rqEk gh gks dy ds
3. Justice Pratibha Rani
nqfu;k ds jat lguk vkSj dqN uk eqg ls dguk
preambles her bail order by
lPpkbZ;ksa ds cy is] vkxs dks c<+rs jguk
a Hindi film song to remind
j[k
nksxs ,d fnu rqe lalkj dks cny ds
students of their patriotic duties.
vius gks ;k ijk,] lc ds fy, gks U;k;
In response, noted lawyer
ns[kks dne rqEgkjk gjfxt uk Mxexk,
Sanjay Hegde (in a television
jLrs cM+s dfBu gSa] pyuk laHky laHky ds
discussion) reminded her of
another popular patriotic Hindi
bUlkfu;r ds lj is bTtr dk rkt j[kuk
ru eu dh HksaV nsdj Hkkjr dh ykt j[kuk
film song "Insaaf ki dagar
thou u;k feysxk vafre fprk esa ty ds
pe..." that she couldve drawn
- Shakeel Badayuni
inspiration from.

Kanhaiya Kumar Bail Order

When the court seems imprisoned by a sense of majoritarian rhetoric
The order has collectively punished and stigmatised one of Indias best
universities, effectively turning it into an open jail or a place for Kanhaiyas
rehabilitation.

Sanjay Hegde
The Delhi High Court order granting bail in Kanhaiya Kumars writ petition
is an exercise in judicial niggardliness. Far from being a sentinel on the qui
vie in the defence of a citizens fundamental rights, the court seems to be
imprisoned by a sense of majoritarian rhetoric. The order is only a recognition
that the prosecution did not appear to have any material evidence against the
accused that appears to have impelled the court to grant bail.
Grant of bail is subject to some badly crafted conditions, which are sufficiently vague to warrant a withdrawal of the concessions, as and when any
application is made by the prosecution. The liberty of the citizen granted to
[1] http://kafila.org/2016/03/06/another-patriotic-song-to-counter-meredesh-ki-dharti/
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Kumar effectively turns the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus into an open
jail or a place for his rehabilitation, and turns his faculty into prison wardens,
charged with ensuring the inmates good conduct.

Multiple Assumptions
After narrating the history of the case and recording even the prosecutions concession that there is currently no video evidence of Kanhaiya Kumar
actually raising objectionable slogans, the court sets out in detail the slogans
alleged to have been raised by some protestors. It also incorporates photographs of students and protesters holding posters that it deems anti-national.
It then goes on to say:
Today I find myself standing on a crossroad. The FIR in question has been registered only on 11th February, 2016. Investigation is at the initial stage. The petitioner
is the President of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union. His presence at the
spot on 9th February, 2016 has been claimed on the basis of raw video footing of
that day i.e. 9th February, 2016. The petitioner at present is in judicial custody. The
question is, in view of the nature of serious allegations against him, the anti-national
attitude which can be gathered from the material relied upon by the State should be
a ground to keep him in Jail.
As President of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union, the petitioner was
expected to be responsible and accountable for any anti-national event organised
in the campus. Freedom of speech guaranteed to the citizens of this country under
the Constitution of India has enough room for every citizen to follow his own ideology
or political affiliation within the framework of our Constitution. While dealing with the
bail application of the petitioner, it has to be kept in mind by all concerned that they
are enjoying this freedom only because our borders are guarded by our armed and
paramilitary forces. Our forces are protecting our frontiers in the most difficult terrain
in the world i.e. Siachen Glacier or Rann of Kutch. It is a case of raising anti-national
slogans which do have the effect of threatening national integrity

In these paragraphs, the court has made several assumptions. Firstly, that
the protests were anti-national, which is a judgment on politics and not on law.
There is no crime in Indian law which is defined or punished as anti-national.
Secondly, it puts on the elected president of the JNU students union the
responsibility of regulating and preventing anti-national activity. It like making
the president of the Patiala House Bar Association responsible for the conduct
of lawyers on the court premises.
Thirdly, it draws a false binary between soldiers defending the countrys
border and the fundamental rights of the citizenry so defended. It cannot be
the courts case that soldiers defend only citizens who shut up. As has been
pointed out elsewhere, soldiers on the border and students on scholarship
come from the same stock of impoverished peasantry that is the backbone
of this country.
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Breathtaking Diatribe
The judgment then makes a stunning descent into anti-intellectualism:
The petitioner belongs to an intellectual class pursuing Ph.d. from International
School of Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, which is considered as hub of
intellectuals. He may have any political affiliation or ideology. He has every right to
pursue that but it can be only within the framework of our Constitution. India is a living
example of unity in diversity. Freedom of expression enjoyed by every citizen can
be subjected to reasonable restrictions under Article 19(2) of our Constitution. The
feelings or the protest reflected in the slogans needs introspection by the student
community whose photographs are available on record holding posters carrying
photographs of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhatt.
The faculty of JNU also has to play its role in guiding them to the right path so that
they can contribute to the growth of the nation and to achieve the object and vision
for which Jawaharlal Nehru University was established.
The reason behind anti-national views in the mind of students who raised slogans on
the death anniversary of Afzal Guru, who was convicted for attack on our Parliament,
which led to this situation have not only to be found by them but remedial steps are
also required to be taken in this regard by those managing the affairs of the JNU so
that there is no recurrence of such incident
The thoughts reflected in the slogans raised by some of the students of JNU who
organised and participated in that programme cannot be claimed to be protected as
fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression. I consider this as a kind of
infection from which such students are suffering which needs to be controlled/cured
before it becomes an epidemic.

Coming from a learned profession, this breathtaking diatribe against

intellectuals raises some disturbing questions. Does the law approve only of
intellect which does not dissent? The paragraphs turn JNU into an open air
prison, with the faculty playing prison wardens. While celebrating the lives of
Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat may be reprehensible, it might be reasonable
to ask whether a Godse Divas would invite the same judicial censure?
The judgments understanding of freedom of speech seems to rely more
upon the power to restrict than on protecting the freedom to speak. All in all, the
judgment proceeds on the belief that bail is a gift to be bestowed upon the worthy,
and not a mechanism to protect the freedom of an accused pending his trial.

Undeserved Liberty
The infection metaphor is allowed to develop into full gangrene in the
latter part where it notes:
Whenever some infection is spread in a limb, effort is made to cure the same by giving antibiotics orally and if that does not work, by following second line of treatment.
Sometimes it may require surgical intervention also. However, if the infection results
in infecting the limb to the extent that it becomes gangrene, amputation is the only
treatment. To enable him to remain in the main stream, at present I am inclined to
provide conservative method of treatment. Taking into consideration the facts and
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circumstances, I am inclined to release the petitioner on interim bail for a period of

six months.
The time is ripe that while giving some concession to the petitioner on monetary aspect
for purpose of furnishing the bond, he can be required to furnish an undertaking to
the effect that he will not participate actively or passively in any activity which may
be termed as anti-national. Apart from that, as President of JNU Students Union, he
will make all efforts within his power to control anti-national activities in the campus.
His surety should also be either a member of the Faculty or a person related to the
petitioner in a manner that he can exercise control on the petitioner not only with
respect to appearance before the Court but also to ensure that his thoughts and
energy are channelized in a constructive manner.

Effectively, Kanhaiya Kumar and his comrades of the students union are
being told that their liberty is being ensured by a court that considers them
to be undeserving of it. Kumar is being set at liberty only to ensure that his
infected intellect can be cured by the supervision of his faculty, in environs
whose safety has been secured by the sacrifice of soldiers. His continued
liberty is made contingent upon good personal behaviour and by ensuring
obedience among his compatriots.
The order has collectively punished and stigmatised one of Indias best
universities. More importantly it has underlined for the rest of us, the fragility of
our freedoms, when judges fail to protect them. Our defenders and expounders
of the Constitution, as revealed by this order, can be pitiful men (and women),
dressed in a little brief authority.
(Courtesy: Scroll.in, http://scroll.in/article/804667/kanhaiya-kumar-bail-order-imprisoned-by-a-sense-of-majoritarian-rhetoric)

Courtesy: The Telegraph, 13 Feb. 2016

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An Open Letter to Honble HRD Minister Smriti

Irani by Former JNUSU Vice President Anant
Prakash Narayan, Charged with Sedition
lsok esa]
Jherh Le`fr bZjkuh th
^jk"VHkDr* ekuo lalkku ,oa fodkl ea=kh]
Hkkjr ljdkj
laln esa fn, x, vkids Hkk"k.k dks lquk- blls igys fd eSa viuh ckr j[kw] ;g
Li"V dj nwa dh ;g i=k fdlh ^cPps* dk fdlh ^eerke;h* ea=kh ds uke ugha gS cfYd
;g i=k ,d [kkl fopkjkkjk dh jktuhfr djus okys O;fDr dk i=k nwljs jktuSfrd
O;fDr dks gS- lcls igys eSa ;g Li"V dj nwa fd eSa fdlh Hkh O;fDr dh ;ksX;rk dk
vkdyu mldh 'kS{kf.kd ;ksX;rk ds vkkkj ij ugha djrk gw cfYd lkiQ lkiQ dgwa rks
eSa ^;ksX;rk* (esfjV) ds iwjs dkalsIV dks [kkfjt djrk gwekuo lalkku ea=kky; dk in Hkkj ysus ds lkFk gh ;g vis{kk dh tkrh gS fd
vki bl ns'k ds dsah; fo'ofo|ky;ksa esa mudh vkWVksukseh dk lEeku djrs gq, mlds
fy, mkjnk;h gksaxh- jksfgr oseqyk ds ekeys esa vkius D;k fd;k ;g lcds lkeus
gS fd fdl rjg ls ogk ds 'kklu ij vkius ncko Mkyk ftldk urhtk jksfgr ds
institutional eMZj ds :i esa gekjs lkeus vk;k- ysfdu eSa bu lkjh phtksa ij vHkh
ckr ugha djuk pkgrk- vki ckj ckj viuh vkSjr gksus dh igpku (vkbMsafVVh) dks
assert djrha gSa vkSj bldks djuk Hkh pkfg, D;wafd ukjh tkfr mu <sj lkjs gkf'k;s ij
fd, x, yksxksa esa ,d gS ftudks lfn;ksa ls 'kksf"kr fd;k x;k gS- eS vkils ;g iwNuk
pkgrk gw fd ,d nfyr L=kh tks fd gj rdyhiQ mBkrs gq, vdsys vius ne ij tc
vius csVs csfV;ksa dks bl lekt esa ,d lEekuiw.kZ txg nsus ds fy, la?k"kZ dj jgh
Fkh rc ,d ukjh gksus ds dkj.k vki dh D;k ftEesnkjh curh Fkh \ D;k vkidks ml
efgyk ds t+Tcs dks lyke djrs gq, mldh cgknqjh ds vkxs lj >qdkrs gq, mlds lkFk
ugha [kM+k gksuk pkfg, Fkk\ gk] eSa jksfgr dh ek ds ckjs esa ckr dj jgk gw- tks efgyk
bl czke.koknh o fir`lkkRed lekt ls tw> jgh Fkh] vius cPpksa dks viuh igpku
ls tksM+ jgh Fkh] ml efgyk dks vki o vkidh ljdkj mlds ifr dh igpku ls D;w
tksM+ jgs Fks\ vkidks Hkh vPNk yxrk gksxk dh vkidh viuh ,d Lora=k igpku gSysfdu ;g vfkdkj vki ml efgyk ls D;w Nhu jgha Fkha\ D;k vki Hkh fir`lkkRed
o czke.koknh lekt ds i{k esa [kM+h gksrh gSa\ viuk iwjk uke crkrs gq, viuh tkfr
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Courtesy: The Times of India

ds ckjs esa vkius loky iwNk vkSj vkidk Hkk"k.k [kRe gksus ds igys gh yksxksa us vkidh
tkfr fudky nh- eSa vkidh tkfr ds ckjs esa dksbZ fnypLih ugha j[krk gw vkSj eSa ;g
fcydqy ugha ekurk gw dh vxj vki mPp tkfr ds gksrs gSa rks vki tkfroknh gh
gksaxs ysfdu vkids foHkkx@ea=kky; ds rjiQ ls tks fpf;k fy[kh xbZ mles jksfgr vkSj
mlds lkfFk;ksa dks tkfroknh@casteist crk;k- eSMe D;k vki casteism vkSj caste
assertion dk vUrj le>rh gSa\ eS le>rk gw dh vki ;s vUrj Hkyh&Hkkfr le>rh
gSa D;wafd vkj,l,l tks vkidh ljdkj vkSj ea=kky; dks pykrk gS] og o.kZ O;oLFkk
ds uke ij tkfr O;oLFkk dks Hkkjrh; lekt dh vkRek le>rk gS vkSj vkj,l,l ds
,tsaMs dks ykxw djokus dh jktuhfrd dV~Vjrk geus le; le; ij vki esa ns[kh gSaeq>s mEehn gS fd vkius euqLe`fr i<+h gksxh vkSj vkidks tkudkjh gksxh fd
vkj,l,l euqLe`fr ds ewY;ksa dks ysdj fdruh jktuSfrd frcrk j[krh gSa- vkidks
;g Li"V gksxk fd oks ewY; nfyr vkSj ukjh leqnk; ds fr gekjs vUnj fdl rjg
dh psruk dks LFkkfir djus dk ;kl djrs gSa- eSa ,d nfyr gksus ds dkj.k bldks i<+
dj dkiQh viekfur ,oa cspSu eglwl djrk gw ysfdu ,d ukjh gksus ds dkj.k vki
ds vUnj ;g cspSuh D;w mRiUu ugha gksrha\ vki viuk Hkk"k.k nsrs le; ftruk Hkkoqd
gksus dh dksf'k'k djrha gSa] yxHkx liQy Hkh gksrh gSa] oks Hkkoqdrk D;k euqLe`fr i<+us
ds le; Hkh gksrh gS\ vxj vkius euqLef`r dks vc rd ugha i<+k gS rks mEehn djrk
gw fd ml fdrkc dks i<+us ds ckn ,d ukjh gksus ds dkj.k vki rqjar Hkktik NksM+saxh
vkSj mlls igys fdlh nfyr lkaln] tks fd mfnrjkt Hkh gks ldrs gSa] ds lkFk feydj
laln esa gh euqLe`fr dk ngu djsaxhvkius vius Hkk"k.k esa ph[k&ph[k dj dgk fd jksfgr dh e`R;q ds ij jktuhfr gks
jgh gS- eSMe 'kk;n vki bruh ukle> ugha gSa fd vki ;g ugha tkurh gSa fd jksfgr dh
e`R;q Hkxok jktuhfr dk ifj.kke Fkh- jksfgr nf{k.kiaFkh jktuhfr] ftldh okgd vki Hkh
gSa] ds f[kykiQ Fkk
ftldh dher mls
viuh tku xa o k
dj pqdkuh iM+hfiQj Hkh jksfgr dh
egkurk nsf[k;s fd
mlus vkidks ekiQ
fd;k- vkt vkidh
ljdkj o laxBu
bl ns ' k ds gj
fo'ofo|ky; dks
Nk=kksa dh dczxkg
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HCU] AU] vkSj vc JNU- gekjs ekeys esa
vkius laln esa tkap dfeVh dk gokyk fn;k]
ysfdu D;k vkidks ;g ;kn ugha gS fd vkidh
fpf;k tks gSnjkckn tk jgha Fkha og ogk dh
tkap dfeVh ds gh fu.kZ; dks cnyus dk ncko
Mky jgh Fkha\ gekjs ekeys esa D;k gqvk\ fcuk
gekjh ckr lqus gh gesa debar dj fn;k tkrk
gS- ysfdu D;k vkidks uspqjy tfLVl dk ;s
flkUr ugha ekywe gS fd lacaf/r O;fDr dh ckr
lqus fcuk vki fu.kZ; ugha ys ldrs gSa- D;k laln
Courtesy: Sandip Luis
esa gekjk uke i<+rs le; vkidks ;g lkokkuh
ugha j[kuh pkfg, Fkh fd bUDok;jh dfeVh dk fu.kZ; vkus dk barT+kkj dj fy;k tk,\
vkius efg"kklqj 'kgknr fnol dh ckr dh- D;k vkidks ;g ugha ekywe gS fd bl
ns'k esa reke rjg dh kkfeZd Hkkouk,a (ftlesa vkidk fo'okl ugha gS) gSa- bl ns'k
ds lafokku us lcdks cjkcj vfkdkj o LorU=krk ns j[kh gS- D;k vki ;g ugha tkurh
gSa fd bl ns'k ds dqN fgLlksa esa nfyr o vkfnoklh efg"kklqj ds lkFk viuh kkfeZd
Hkkouk,a tksM+rs gSa\ eSa ,d dE;qfuLV gw vkSj keZ esa fo'okl ugha djrk] ysfdu eSa ;g
ekurk gw fd Lo;a dh kkfeZd ekU;rkvksa dks r; djuk fdlh Hkh O;fDr dk viuk
vfkdkj gS vkSj jgh ckr fdlh Hkh efgyk ds pfj=k guu dh rks bl eqs ij Hkh ts,u;w
ds okeiaFkh ikfVZ;ksa ds ipsZ gekjs la?kh jftLVkj ds ikl gSa- d`i;k mls Hkh eaxk dj ds
i<+ ysa- vkius bl ns'k ds U;k;ky;ksa dh ppkZ djrs gq, ;g crkus dh dksf'k'k dh fd
vxj ge U;k;ky; ds ikl fdlh U;kf;d mipkj ds fy, tkrs gSa rks ge ml laLFkk
ij loky ugha mBk ldrs- cgqr gh NksVh le>nkjh gS vkidh- vkids fglkc ls vxj
lkspk tk, rks bldk eryc ;g gS fd vxj dksbZ etnwj fdlh dkj[kkus esa dke dj
jgk gS vkSj ogk ls og osru ys jgk gS rks mlds fr gksus okys 'kks"k.k o vU;k; ds
f[kykiQ og ugha cksysxk- eSa bl rdZ dks ,d fljs ls [kkfjt djrk gw] esjk ekuuk ;g
gS fd fdlh Hkh laLFkk dks csgrj cukus ds fy, ;g T+k:jh gS fd mlds nks"kksa@ deh@
detksfj;ksa ij fueZerk ls cgl fd;k tk, vkSj mls lqkkj dj vkSj csgrj cuk;k tk,blds flok Hkh vkius vkSj Hkh cgqr ckrsa dh- bu lHkh ckrksa dks lquus ds ckn D;k
vkidks lp esa uknku eku fy;k tk,\ ;k ckr dqN vkSj gh gS\ ge lc ;g tkurs
gSa fd vkidh ekStwnk ljdkj dks bl le; ns'k esa lcls T;knk pqukSrh Nk=kksa] fdlkuksa
vkSj cqfthfo;ksa ls fey jgh gSa- blhfy, vkj,l,l ds fu'kkus ij ;g oxZ iwjh rjg
ls gSa- Nk=kksa us vkidh ljdkj cuus ls igys gh vkids iQkflLV joS;s ds f[kykiQ
ekspkZ [kksy fn;k Fkk- vkidh ljdkj vkj,l,l ds lkaLd`frd jk"Vokn] ftls dkWiksZjsV
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leFkZu feyk gqvk gS] ds ,tsaMs dks ykxw djus ds fy, iwjh rjg frc gS- vkSj mlds
fy, ;g T+k:jh gS fd lekt ls lkspus vkSj rdZ djus dh {kerk dks [kRe dj fn;k
tk;- pwfd fo'ofo|ky; rdZ vkSj oSKkfudrk dh txg gksrs gS] blhfy, LokHkkfod
fu'kkus ij ge vk,- vki vkj,l,l ds czk.koknh fganqRo jk"Vokn ,oa dkWiksZjsV ,tsaMs
dks ykxw djus esa bruk e'kxwy gks pqdh gSa fd vkius fdlh Hkh fo'ofo|ky; dks cus
jgus ds tks ewY; gksrs gSa mudks cckZn djus dh dle [kk yh gS- vki viuh jktuSfrd
fopkjkkjk ds fr tks fd cgqlaLd`frokn esa fo'okl ugha j[krh gS] ds lkFk [kM+h gSa
vkSj ge cgqlaLd`frokn ds lkFk [kM+s gSa] ge vkils fdlh Hkh jge dh mEehn ugha
djrs gSa vkSj ftruk rsTk gks lds gkj dhft;s ge Hkh viuh rkoQr cVksj dj ds iwjs
gkSlys ls vkidk lkeuk djsaxsvafre ckr dg djds viuh ckr [kRe d:xk] ,d ckj dHkh fdlh us vkids
?kj ds ckgj ksVsLV fd;k Fkk rks vki dSejs ds vkxs vkdj jksus dh dksf'k'k dj jgha
Fkh vkSj vius cPpksa ds Mj dk gokyk ns jgha Fkha] ysfdu esjh ek ugha jks jgh gS] cl
FkksM+h fpfUrr gS ysfdu fiQj Hkh cksys tk jgh gS fd eksnh ls yM+rs jguk] Mjuk ervkids }kjk cuk;k x;k ^ns'kksgh*
vuUr dk'k ukjk;.k

Ex- Vice President, JNUSU

Courtesy: R Prasad, ET

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