Posts Tagged Indian student movement

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By Reina Gattuso • 8 years ago

Anti-Caste Protests Continue in India After Dalit Student’s Rape and Death

On March 28th, Delta Meghwal, a seventeen year old Dalit — or oppressed caste — student at a college in the Western Indian state of Rajasthan, called her parents to tell them that she had been raped by a teacher. The next day, her dead body was found in an on-campus water tank.

On March 28th, Delta Meghwal, a seventeen year old Dalit — or oppressed caste — student at a college in the Western Indian state of Rajasthan, called her parents to tell them that she had been ...

Mother India
By Reina Gattuso • 8 years ago

Mama Nation

Mother, sister, daughter, nationalist. Hyper-nationalists the world over — those who believe in the superiority of their countries regardless of what these countries do– love gendering the nation while telling women how to be patriotic. And yes, it’s bullshit.

Mother, sister, daughter, nationalist. Hyper-nationalists the world over — those who believe in the superiority of their countries regardless of what these countries do– love gendering the nation while telling women how to be patriotic. And yes, ...

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By Reina Gattuso • 8 years ago

Police Detain 27 Students, 2 Teachers from Indian University as Protests Continue

This article is part of Feministing’s continued reporting on the current Indian student movements for the rights of minority students and the right to dissent. You can find a complete report from the initial days of the movement, including context, here, and subsequent reporting on the movement here. Coverage of the JNU students’ release is here.

This article is part of Feministing’s continued reporting on the current Indian student movements for the rights of minority students and the right to dissent. You can find a complete report from the initial days of the ...

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By Reina Gattuso • 8 years ago

Sedition-Accused Indian Student Activists Granted Bail

This article is part of Feministing’s continued reporting on the current Indian student movements for the rights of minority students and the right to dissent. You can find a complete report from the initial days of the movement, including context, here, and subsequent reporting on the movement here.

This article is part of Feministing’s continued reporting on the current Indian student movements for the rights of minority students and the right to dissent. You can find a complete report from the initial days ...

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By Reina Gattuso • 8 years ago

How to resist Trump: Lessons from the Indian Student Movement

“So what’s the deal with Trump?”

It’s a question I’ve been asked time and time again by peers here in Delhi, and I have only one answer: The global right wing is in ascendancy, and it is really motherfucking scary. 

“So what’s the deal with Trump?”

It’s a question I’ve been asked time and time again by peers here in Delhi, and I have only one answer: The global right wing is in ascendancy, and it is ...

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By Reina Gattuso • 8 years ago

Indigenous Rights Activist Addresses Protesting Indian Students

This is part of Feministing’s continued coverage of the current Indian student movement for the right to dissent. You can follow these links to find our coverage of the origins and continued events of the movement here.

This is part of Feministing’s continued coverage of the current Indian student movement for the right to dissent. You can follow these links to find our coverage of the origins and continued events of the ...

Mother India
By Reina Gattuso • 8 years ago

Pleasure in the Time of Nationalism

A version of this piece was first given as a talk at the St. Stephen’s College Gender Studies Cell in Delhi University North Campus, India. It’s written in the context of the ongoing Indian student movement for the right to dissent, which began as a protest of the arrest of several student activists from Jawaharlal Nehru University under a colonial-era sedition law for supposed “anti-national” activities. You can follow Feministing’s coverage of the movement here.

A version of this piece was first given as a talk at the St. Stephen’s College Gender Studies Cell in Delhi University North Campus, India. It’s written in the context of the ongoing Indian student movement for ...

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By Reina Gattuso • 8 years ago

Watch this Inspiring Lecture Series Coming from the Indian Student Movement

As the Indian student movement for the right to dissent — which we’ve covered here and here — continues, Jawaharlal Nehru University professors are joining the protest in the way they know best: By teaching.

As the Indian student movement for the right to dissent — which we’ve covered here and here — continues, Jawaharlal Nehru University professors are joining the protest in the way they know best: By teaching.

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