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 …
The last time Sanskrit was in the news was in May this year when a handful of newly elected Lok Sabha MPs took oath in the ancient language that is dying. A group of students at the prestigious Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, has been protesting against the appointment of Firoze Khan as an assistant professor at BHU's …
An assistant professor in the Sanskrit faculty of the Banaras Hindu University, whose appointment led to protests by a section of students, has said he is unable to understand why his religious identity suddenly an issue. On the opposition by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad over his appointment in the Sanskrit literature department, Firoze Khan told The Indian Express, "All my …
