It is beyond comprehension why the classification of categories needs to be made public in our universities. The identification of one’s caste, much like that of race, sex, or even gender, is a private matter.
Over the past 70 days, the borders of JNU have come down in the most disastrous ways, and the spirit of exchange between the nation and the university, the city and the campus gone toxic in the bitterest way possible.
The gesture of a smiling young woman offering a rose to a heavily armed male policeman that went viral is a powerful symbol today in the violent country called India.
No private university, no matter how excellent, can fulfil the staggeringly vast and demanding responsibilities that only a public university can address.
