We, the undersigned students and academics, gravely condemn the attack on the students and faculty of Delhi University on the 22nd of February, 2017. The students and faculty of Delhi University were expressing their democratic right to protest against the vandalism and hooliganism unleashed by the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at Ramjas College, Delhi University, on the 21st of February, 2017. We oppose ABVP’s systematic and deliberate attempts to humiliate, terrorize and bully the students and the faculty members.
We also condemn the brutal, unconstitutional, and illegal actions taken by the Delhi Police against the students and faculty members. Delhi Police’s refusal to lodge legal detention and parading of students in buses, and scapegoating of democratic student and faculty body threatens and undermines values of the Constitution, and has created an environment of fear and dismay.
We also find the media sensationalization of the incident extremely disturbing. Media outlets have unethically reported the incident as a rift between political parties (AISA vs ABVP), and uncritically used labels like ‘anti-national’ and ‘traitor’, when it’s the ‘patriotism’ that the ABVP claims to champion that’s hateful, divisive, and truly anti-national. We stand in solidarity with the members of Delhi University in their efforts to uphold the freedom of expression and the democratic right to dissent.
We want to highlight that the incident is a continuation of systematic attacks on students in various parts of the country (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Hyderabad Central University; and Delhi University) whereby democratic and academic discussions are being stifled, and there is an increasing move towards controlling and policing campuses by the ABVP. We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned with the shrinkage of academic and democratic space within universities in India, and demand that the witch-hunt against students and university campuses be brought to an end, and action taken against those who continue to violate fundamental rights for their political agendas.
- Humaira Chowdhury, MPhil student, University of Cambridge
- Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar, University of Cambridge
- Tathagata Dutta, MPhil candidate, University of Cambridge
- Koyna Tomar, MPhil student, University of Cambridge
- Soumyajit Kar, Master’s student, Sciences Po Paris
- Rosa Campbell, MPhil student, University of Cambridge
- Kévin Cristin, French Supervisor, Trinity College
- Megha Harish, MPhil student, University of Cambridge
- Parwana Fayyaz, PhD student, Cambridge University
- Eszter Sarolta Pos, PhD student, University of Cambridge
- Lalitha Mahalingam, MPhil student , University of Cambridge
- Animik Ghosh, PhD student, University of Kentucky
- Abhinav Joshi, University of Bonn
- Sagnik Dutta, PhD candidate, University of Cambridge
- Archita Misra, Master’s student, Sciences Po Paris
- Sharan Banerjee, Masters Student, Sciences Po, Paris
- Aarohi Sood, Master’s Student, Imperial College London
- Rachel Stewart, MPhil student, University of Cambridge
- Thasneem Gafoor, PhD student, University of Cambridge
- Mihira Sood, PhD Candidate, London School of Economics & Political Science
- Snehadeep Kayet, Master Student, Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po.
- Pradyumna Jairam, PhD student, Kings College, London
- Shruti Balaji, Master’s Student, Sciences Po Paris
- Mitrajyoti Ghosh, University of Cambridge
- Hermon Bahru, LLM student, University of Cambridge
- Harman deep, Masters Student, UCD Michael Smurfit Business School
- Suhaas Savio Ema, Master’s Student, Sciences Po, Paris
- Iza Hussin, Lecturer, University of Cambridge
- Anandaroop Sen, Lecturer, University of Cape Town
- Nishanthini Ganesan, Undergraduate, University of Cambridge
- Malvika Srivastava, Student, University of Cologne
- Alexander McCleery, MPhil Student, University of Cambridge
- Rajaz Khan Amitava, PhD Student, Iowa State University
- Utsav Saksena, Master’s Student, Tilburg University
- Oishee Kundu, Master’s student, Sciences Po Paris
- Aishwarya Visweswaran, Master’s student, Columbia University in the City of New York
- Ananya Manchanda, Master’s student, LSE
- Shreya Tandon, Master’s student, London School of Economics
- Danny Cook, Undergraduate, Iowa State University
- Namitha Sadanand, Master’s student, London School of Economics
- Mohammed Uzair Belgami, MPhil student, University of Cambridge
- Gaurav Daga, MPhil student, University of Cambridge.
- Utsa Sarmin, MPhil, University of Cambridge
- Sijo Abraham, MSc Chemistry, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.
- Shania Bhalotia, Master’s Student, London School of Economics
- Manasij Pal Chowdhury, Master’s Student, University of Manchester
- Kavya Iyer Ramalingam, Master’s Student, Sciences Po, Paris
- Zervaan Bunshah, Master’s Student, University of Edinburgh
- Ankit Parasrampuria, Master’s, London School of Economics
- Nicholas Pye, Research Assistant, University of Cambridge
- Amitrajeet Mukherjee, MA, Delhi University
- Uddeepta Deka, MSc, Delhi University
- Sumedha Chakravarthy, MA, SOAS (University of London)
- Prerna Subramanian, Masters, HSS, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar
- Anunay Kulshrestha, MA Candidate, Stanford University
- Shriya Sundaram, Master’s student, Sciences Po, Paris
- Zohra Salih, MA, Ambedkar University, New Delhi
- Sameer Gardner, MA, Tatan Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
- René Sharanya Verma, MSt Women’s Studies Candidate, University of Oxford
- Bahuli Sharma, BCL Candidate, University of Oxford
- Poulomi Solanki, MPhil, University of Cambridge
- Payaswini Tailor, MPhil, University of Oxford
- Annalisa Mansukhani, MA, Historical studies, Nalanda University
- Kavya Saxena, MSc, London School of Economics
- Rohit Revi, MA, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar
- Vrinda Sharma, MA, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
- Sushant Chaudhary, BS, University of California – San Diego
- Anithasree Athiyaman, Master’s student, Sciences Po Paris
- Monika Pareek – MSW, TISS, Mumbai
- Shidhanta Sen, Bsc hons, St Stephens College
- Abhinav Chugh, MSc., London School of Economics and Political Science
- Alisa Schubert, MPhil student, University of Cambridge
- Madhavi Jha, Masters Student, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Jihun Kim, Mphil, University of Cambridge
- Aprajita Srivastava, Masters Student, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Priyanka Roychoudhury, MSc student, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Shashwat Sridhar, MSc Student, RWTH Aachen, Germany
- Saniya Heeba, MSc Student, RWTH Aachen, Germany
- Roderick Wijunamai, Master’s Student, TISS, Mumbai
- Shudhashil Bharthuar, Masters student, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Shreyashi Roy, Masters student, SIMC, Pune
- Andrew Cluness, MPhil student, University of Cambridge
- Deepak Chaudhary, MA, DU
- Chengzi Li, MSc, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Alastair Spray, Mphil Student, University of Cambridge
- Arul Ajmani, BCS, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Arjun Soin, BA, Stanford University
- Alexandra Onofrei, MRes Student, University of Exeter
- Pénélope Ouellet, Student in literature, Édouard-Montpetit College, Canada
- Julie Hutchinson, MPhil Development Studies candidate, University of Cambridge
- Kacho fayaz, PhD School of International Studies, University of St Andrews
- Amit Tiwari, B.Tech in Electrical Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar
- Jonathan Das, MPhil student, University of Cambridge
- Selma Skov Høye, MPhil student, University of Cambridge
- Isha George, Master’s Student,St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
- Hemant Raj Singh, B.Com(P), Ramjas College,University of Delhi
- Ye Wei, MSc Student, RWTH Aachen, Germany
- Ragini Nath, M.A Student, IIT Gandhinagar
- Archit Sunat, MSc Student, IIT Gandhinagar
- Aneesha Parvathaneni, MSc Student, LSE
- Aparna Nampoothiri, PhD student, IIT Gandhinagar
- Pratyush Pranav, BA, University of Cambridge
- Ali Yawar, PhD student, Yale University
- Cezary Łastowski, MPhil, University of Cambridge
- Aakriti Mehrotra, BA(H), History, Batch of 2016
- Faisal Seh, BTech Civil Engineering, IITGN
- Ganesh Sreeram, Purdue University
- Basil Isaac, Master’s Student, Delhi University
- Liz Maria Kuriakose, MA, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad
- Shayantani Das, Ma, Ambedkar University
- Swati Pathak, India Urban Fellow, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
- Akanksha, BA (H), LSR, University of Delhi
- Sayan Chaudhuri, PhD student, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Gargi Patel, BA Hons., LSR, DU
- Gunjan Kohli, BA(H) , Lsr , University of Delhi
- Anjali Bawa,B.A.(Programme),LSR,DU
- Raina Singh, B.A.(Honors)English,LSR, DU
- Aabha Jo. M.S.W. Dalit and Tribal Studies, TISS
- Shikha Dwivedi, B.A.( Honours) History, LSR, DU
- Arushi Mukherji B.A. History Hons, LSR, DU
- Tanya Kant, B.A.(H), St. Stephen’s College
- Garima Chander B.A.(H) Lady Shri Ram college DU
- Tanima, PhD student, University of Chicago
- Vidura Jang Bahadur, MFA Visual Arts, University of Chicago
- Vasudeva Naidu, PhD student, IIT Gandhinagar
- Romit Chakraborty, PhD Chemistry, University of Chicago
- Ahona Panda, PhD Candidate, University of Chicago
- Aditi Das, PhD Candidate, University of Chicago
- Jayanthi Iyengar, MA psychology student, SNDT women’s university
- Indrashish Chakraborty, B.A(H) Political Science, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College(E)
- Adi Narayanan, B.Sc. (H) Physics, Ramjas College, D.U.
- Agnivo Sarkar, Phd Physics, IIT Gandhinagar
- Abhishek Bhattacharyya, Phd Student, University of Chicago.
- Supriya Das, B.Sc (P) Life Sciences, Ramjas College, University of Delhi.
- Rashmi Rangarajan, Masters Student, Sciences Po Paris
- Tanya Kak, Masters Student, Sciences Po
- Lakshika Sharma,B.SC(hons) Mathematics, LSR,DU
- Taarini Mookherjee, PhD Student, Columbia University
- Aananth Daksnamurthy, PG student, Ashoka university
- Arjumand Ara, M.A. student, English, Delhi University
- Krittika Bhattacharjee, PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh
- Hanneke Schreur, MJur student, University of Oxford
- Tania Bhattacharyya, PhD Candidate, Columbia University
- Megha Sanyal, M. Sc. Cognitive Science, IIT Gandhinagar
- Jeevan Jyoti Timsina,Computer Science,Tezpur University
- Shreya Khedia, Genpact Social Impact Fellow
- Sumaira Nawaz, MA, SOAS, University of London
- Vaishnavi Varadarajan, Masters Student, Azim Premji University, Bangalore
- Arushi Gupta, Masters student, B.A (hons) Psychology, LSR, Delhi University
- Rishik Shetty, D.Y. Patil Institute of Engineering & Technology, Ambi, Pune University.
- Sarah Ahmad, Masters student, Sarah Lawrence College
- Anandita Thakur, BA (H), University of Delhi
- Chaitanya Dwivedi, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi
- Anahita Sarabhai, BA Performing Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, NY
- Vinaya E H, Msc , IIT Gandhinagar
- Piya Thakur. JNU
- Shivani Sharma, PhD, IIT Gandhinagar
- Sumaiyyah Ahmad, M.A., Jamia Millia Islamia
- Rahul Menon, Assistant Professor, St Xavier’s College
- Monica Thomas, Student.
- Zoya Vallari, Graduate Student, Stony Brook University, New York
- Siddhant Dangi, B.Tech., IIT Kanpur
- Shashank Bhushan, B.Tech IIT Kanpur
- Vidushi Shukla, B.A.(Hons.), LSR, Delhi University
- Mariam Rauf, B.A. (Hons.), LSR, Delhi University
- Sadia Rao, Master’s student, Sciences Po Paris, France
- Sakshi Singh, BSc(hons), LSR, Delhi University
- Anjishnu Bandyopadhyay, PhD Student, University of Bonn, Germany
- Kratu Goel, Ex Student, Ramjas College, University of Delhi and University of Cambridge.
- Smriti Sikri , MSW, Tata institute of social sciences
- Anna Sinha, M.A. Economics, Ambedkar University; Ex. Student, Dept. of Economics, Ramjas College, University of Delhi
- Ilina Acharya, Ambedkar University, Delhi
- Glen Chua, BA Natural Sciences, Cambridge University
- Annabelle Walker, Masters of Corporate Law, Cambridge University
- Karl Vaitiekunas, Bachelor of Environments, Masters in Construction Management, The University of Melbourne
- Shivam Mogha, IMA Sociology, University of Hyderabad
- Oishi Sengupta, Bachelor of English, Ambedkar University Delhi
- Likhita Banerji, Masters Student, Sciences Po
- Vani Sharma, National Law School of India University, Bangalore
- Aditya Vardhan Sharma, National Law School of India University, Bangalore
- Rohan Gupta, National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
- Harsh Srivastava, National Law School of India University, 5 Bangalore.
- Karan Dhalla, National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
- Aditi Gupta , National Law School of India University, Bangalore
- Jayant Nayar,vellore institute of technology,vellore.
- Satyashoova Sahu, National Law School of India University, Bangalore
- Kashish Makkar,National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
- Kaajal Joshi, BA Candidate, George Washington University, Washington DC
- Ambarin Khambati, National Law School of India University, Bangalore
- Shreya Jaipuria, National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
- Tenzing Namgyal Bhutia, National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
- Prithvi Joshi, National Law School of India University, Bangalore
- Parv Kaushik, National Law School of India University
- Yashaswi Bagga, B.A. student, University of Oxford
- Anam Fatima, MA English, University of Delhi
- Appu Ajith, Azim Premji University
- Asmi, M.A student, Azim Premji University
- Anushka Tiwari, National Law School of India University
- Smiha kapoor, B.A. student, Falmouth University.
- Baishali Bhattacharyya, MA, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
- Varun Kaul, MSc Student, Universiteit Leiden
- Kayeon Yoo, PhD, University of Cambridge
- Sumit Roy, B.Tech Student, IIT(BHU), Varanasi
- Sujoy Sarkar, National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
- Sakshi Mandal, National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
- Mohnish Kedia, Peking University, China
- Divya Singh, Masters of Arts, Delhi University.
- Prashant Ingole, PhD student, IIT Gandhinagar.
- Ayushi Sharma, B.A Hons. English Literature (Alumni of DU)
- Sujit Thomas, PhD candidate, New York
- Sayantani Mukherjee, PhD candidate, Columbia University
- Meghana Chandra, MPP, University of Chicago
- Inayat Singh Kakar, Research Coordinator, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
- Keshav Rajendran, Alumnus, Loyola College, Madras University
- Sreshtha Sen, MFA, Sarah Lawrence (Alumni of DU)
- Waranya Chaiyaphak, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
- Sigl Veronika, LMU München, Germany
- Pulkit Joshi, M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Delhi.
- Unnati Ghia, National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
- Stuti Rai, National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
- Kuriakose Saju Vaisian, St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi
- Leah Chrestien. University of London.
- Sayori Ghoshal, Columbia University
- Havisha Khurana, B.Sc. Mathematics, St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi
- Aviroop Sengupta, PhD candidate, Columbia University
- Sohini Chattopadhyay, PhD candidate, Columbia University
- Ranjani Srinivasan, Fulbright Fellow, MDes Critical Conservation, Harvard University
- Alokita Verma, MA, Delhi University
- Alok Shrivastava, Harvard University
- Ankan Bag, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
- Avikal Somvanshi, Fulbright Fellow, New York University, New York
- Shivankar Mohan, B.A. History(Hons.), Batch of 2016
- Smriti Kalra, National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
- Sara Barqawi, MPhil Student, University of Cambridge
- Saranya Nayak, MA, University of Manchester
- Naveen Babu Isarapu, BA Social Sciences, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad
- Aprajita Verma, BA Social Sciences, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad
- Samyak Ghosh, Columbia University
- Utsav Gupta, Ryan International School
- Maria Do, MPhil candidate, University of Cambridge
- Saronik Bosu, New York University
- Sandipan Chowdhury, Imperial College London
- Anandi Bandyopadhyay, University of Chicago
- Reecha Das, Rutgers University – New Brunswick
- Michael Economou, PhD candidate, Columbia University
- Nihav Dhawale, PhD Candidate, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCBS) & Yale University
- Neshat Quaiser, Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia
- Daniel Ortiz de Lanzagorta, MPhil Candidate, University of Cambridge
- Zorawar Whig, BA Hons., University of Delhi
- Arjun Anand, BSc student, University College London
- Vaibhav Aggarwal, MS, New York University
- Manosi Abe Chatterjee, BA Hons English, LSR Delhi University
- Arvind Ilamaran, Master of Public Policy, University of Chicago.
- Aishwarya Joshi, Master’s, HSS, IIT Gandhinagar
- Lakshmy Venkatesh, MSt, University of Oxford
- Diksha Beniwal, MA, University of Delhi
- Neha Tetali, MA, IIT Gandhinagar
- Manjari Singh, MA, University of Delhi
- Anushree Rai, Masters student at SciencesPo
- Rhea John, Master’s student, University of Sussex
- Aadil Sud, BA student, Sciences Po
- Ritwik Sarkar, B.A Honours (History) Batch of 2015, Ramjas College
- Tripti Poddar, Cornell University
- Shruti Chakravarty, Integrated PhD, IISER Pune.
- Himanshi Sharma, Msc Physics, Department of physics and astrophysics, Delhi University.
- Joël Robert Terschuur, Research assistant, Complutense University of Madrid.
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