Professor Avijit Pathak has been fighting against the Hindutva ideology for several years. His involvement in the students’ protest in Jawaharlal Nehru University against the massive fee hike announced by the Central government is understandable. At BHU, students were allowed to stage protests for days against the appointment of Firoze Khan, whereas those protesting the fee hike were lathi-charged in …
Firoze Khan hails from a family of Sanskrit scholars and bhajan singers. When students’ protests against his appointment to the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan of Banaras Hindu University started, Firoze Khan, who was proud of the new job, shied away from the Sanskrit department, and was no longer available on phone. His phone was switched on again amidst rumours that …
The students’ protest against the appointment of Firoze Khan in the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan in the Banaras Hindu University has been going on for over two weeks now. With the BHU maintaining that they won't reverse the appointment, varsity students say they are not opposing the Muslim professor teaching Sanskrit. The protesting students say they are against a Muslim …
