This was taken at lunchtime! Looks as if the apocalypse is imminent... (as I recall it just p*ssed down with rain instead - a narrow escape!)

Even the DISPLAY of a Green M&M makes him Horny!

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Expose AJSA's Attempt to Escape Accountability on Student Issues!.

SFI .

Reject AISA's anti-Left obsession and paranoia! .

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Escaping responsibility and accountab1hty ,~r the1r act1ons .~s the h~IImar o. utra-e p~ 1t1cs. Th1s 1s precisely what the AISA is doing in.

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the run up to the forthcoming JNUSU elections. It is seek1n~ to d1vert pertinent questions from the student community regarding theirperformance in last years JNUSU by attacking the Left, particularly the CPI (M). However, the fact of the matter is that all four JNUSUOffice Bearers of the outgoing union were from the AISA, and the abject failures of the JNUSU cannot be answered by blaming the.

CPI(M). .

Who stopped the AISA from fulfilling the mandate given to them by the student community last year for ensuring that the cut-off date forMPhii/PhD scholarships is extended to July 2005, or that 27%OBC reservation and 54% seat increase is implemented in JNU withoutstaggering, or that gender violence is included within the purview ~f th~ G~CASH? Certainly, n~t the CPI(M) or the Left Front.

government of West Bengal! What h.as ensured th~ AISA-led JNUSU s fa1lure 1s ~he bankruptcy of 1ts own politics which is critically.

dependent on an anti-CPI(M) obsess1on ~nd parano1a. In s~ort, ~he AISA has .noth1ng to say to the st~dents about their own politics orits performance and is desperately ~eek1ng. t~ take refuge 1n trymg to hoodYJ!nk the ~ude~t c~mmu.nity through empty rhetoric aboutnon-existent 'achievements, spre.adlng cymctsm amon~ the student communtty an9 1ndulg1ng tn anti-~eft slan~er ~ased on right-wing.

propaganda. However, the conscrous student commun1ty of JNU cannot be hoodwmked by such obv1ous tact1cs a1med at misleading.

them. .

The CPI (M) led Left Front represents the most principled and radical strand in Indian poli~ics, which also have a significant mass base.

and politicaf strength.All. the naxal.outfits taken toge~er (the~e are scores of CPI ML factions) do not hav~ more than 5 MLAs and not.

even a single MP in lnd1a. E.very time any m~ss political action or movement takes place, the CP.I(M-L) 1s fou~d no.where. All majorstrikes and other protest actions by the workmg class and the peasantry are always led by leftwing trade unrons hke the CITU andAITUC and peasant organisations hke the All india Kisan Sabha, wh!ch are allied .to the CPI (M) and CPI and not the ultra-Left outfits.The CPI(M) led Left Front is also at the forefront of the struggle aga1nst the neo-hberal economic policies in India. It is because of theintervention of the Left parties that India has relatively escaped the adverse effects of the current financial crisis. The CPI(M) has alsobeen the staunchest opponent of the Indo-US Nuclear Deal. The CPI(M-L) and the AISA have no role in these regards apart from.

abusing tha Left forces..

Contrary to the canards spread by ultra-Left outfits, the Left rul~ State~ in India hav~ the most thoroughgoing land reforms comparedto any other State in the country. Not only has the feudal agranan relations been radically transformed through land reforms caste and.

gender oppression in the rural countryside have been decidedly challenged by democratic decentralization through panchayati raj.According to latest estimate~ (20~7),, We~t Bengal alone ~ccounts for 22.6% of al.l land. re~isfr:ibuted in India and 54.5% of allbeneficiaries of land reforms 1n lnd1a smce 1ndep~n~ence. } h1s process of land reform 1s contmUJng 10 West Bengal, whereby between.

infrastructure projects. (See Vk Ramachandran's ?rticle in The Hindu, 22-08-08). Even today, L~ft activists led by theCPI (M) lay downtheir lives in land struggles as was seen last year mKhammam, Andhra Pradesh. AISA, and the1r parent CPI ML have no such record. .

2005-06 and 2007-08, the amount of land re-red1stnbuted 1n West Bengal was almost three times than that acquired for industrial and .

It must be noted that the CPI (M) or the Left led State Governments have neither completed the journey to the socialist stage nor are.

they free from problems and C<?ntradictions. Bu.t compared to the ~t?te G9vernments ~un by bourgeois parti.es, they do represent themost pro-people and democratic governments 1n the country, prov1d1ng fillip to the ent1re Left and democratic movement It is for thisreason that the people re-elect these governments in most instances, beating the celebrated "anti-incumbencY' factor. Since the CPI.

ML Liberation, far from running State Governments, is yet to run asingle gram panchayat in India, neither can they claim of having wonpeople's support anywtlere in India. nor can th~ir performance an9 record be ass~ssed. How~ver, going by the stan~ards set by the.

JNUSU office-bearers rrom AISA th1s year -wmmng JNUSU elect1on on the prom1se of ensunng 27% OBC Reservations and strikingclandestine deals with the JNU administration to allow only 9% OBC reservations -the Left led State Governments have registeredinfinitely better achievements. It is an insult to the consciousness of JNU students that the AISA is attacking the Left to hide their ownbankruptcy. SFI calls upon the students of JNU to see through the hollow rhetoric of the ultra-Left and reject their complete failures inJNUSU and give decisive mandate to the SFI to revitalize the JNUSU and rescue it from the destructive influence of the AISA. .

Central Panel.

President: Roshan Kishore.

Vice President: Abdul Rahman Ansari.

General Secretary: P K Anand.

Joint Secretary: Akanksha Kumar.

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Anagha Ylngole.

ManuM R Anirban Kumar.

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Rani Rohlnl Roman Anju Lata.

Sreelekha.

Shatam Ray Basant Legha.

Sumlt Sengupta.

Zlco Dasgupta Kishore Gaurav.

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Pavel Tomar.

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My cousin's fiance is providing the wine and champagne for our party in March, and we had a fab (blind) wine tasting session during which my 97 year old grandfather got suitably p*ssed! Taken with the very lovely 30mm.

So drunk!

...not a great pic but I like the p*ssed orf look on Tinker's face

Sseds for kale; tomato and calendula were saved seeds or 'volunteer' seedlings

Annoyed about my current lack of ability at Grogley

ProceIn a world where women receive daily messages that it's better to be smaller, prettier and more polished, Whitney Saxon wanted to flip the message. She wanted to start a campaign that encourages girls to believe they are already enough - just as they are. She wanted to create a space for women to build one another up, as opposed to compete. Based in Atlanta, she launched The Letter Project. The project allows girls, who are in need of extra encouragement, to receive letters of support from women around the world. Since its inception in October 2016, more than 1,000 women have joined the project across four continents. The message is simple: we believe in you and are rooting for you.ssed with VSCO with f2 preset

Just a couple photos.

Capybara is DONE with taking your sh*t!

The people we bought the house from left a number of ceramic creatures - like a squirrel in the wall. I pointed out to H that I hadn't noticed this giant fly before, and what an odd choice it was...

... he p*ssed himself and pointed out it was a security light!!!

(hmmmph - I think it looks like a giant fly)

ProceIn a world where women receive daily messages that it's better to be smaller, prettier and more polished, Whitney Saxon wanted to flip the message. She wanted to start a campaign that encourages girls to believe they are already enough - just as they are. She wanted to create a space for women to build one another up, as opposed to compete. Based in Atlanta, she launched The Letter Project. The project allows girls, who are in need of extra encouragement, to receive letters of support from women around the world. Since its inception in October 2016, more than 1,000 women have joined the project across four continents. The message is simple: we believe in you and are rooting for you.ssed with VSCO with f2 preset

P*ssed

Today I was looking at the fish tank, feeling guilty that I hadn't changed the water, in, well, a LONG-@ssed time, and I thought "eeew, there's foamy gunk on that leaf." Then I realized there are EGGS IN THERE. Here is a bad photo of the bubble nest with the proud father.

while I get p*ssed on

She does take a good photo, but she does get a little p**ssed off with me putting the camera in her face!

The Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are checking out all the feders in my yard. This feeder is filled with safflower ssed, which they seem to like as much as the sunflower seed.

The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) is a powerful set of three instruments onboard the Mars Curiosity rover

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Today I was looking at the fish tank, feeling guilty that I hadn't changed the water, in, well, a LONG-@ssed time, and I thought "eeew, there's foamy gunk on that leaf." Then I realized there are EGGS IN THERE.

Im...s..oooo....pi..ssed....

You can see his sk*nny l*ng fe*t on the l*ft. Ruby is overj*yed--when I told her Joey was c*ming, she raced to the d*or and l*cked him and d*nced around him..

I'm f**lng much b*tter tod*y, th*nkfully! I was in a sort of d*ze all day y*sterday. Tod*y I could actually take a sh*wer and w*sh out all the bl**d, to*! I had to pick up the car that was still at the sch**l, so this m*rn!ng I took the P*tco to the *iver Line; it took about 1.5 !hours. Then I dr*ve the car h*me. But I feel a lot b*tter, th*nk G*d!

PS it was a ro*gh few d&ys for Joey; he br*ke down and w*pt a few t*mes (and S is sick and so am I--b*d co*gh; that was f*n, co*ghing att*cks with st*ples on the b*ck of my he*d!). Then he ap*logized for 'ru*ning' Th*nksgiv!ng --He was so m*ser*ble. (Actually, Th*nksgiv!ng was very nice!) Then we talked for ho*rs, and he also t*lked with S. and I. and RIck. He did get a j*b in N*YC but it's not his ide*l j*b. Meanwhile he's going into cr*dit c*rd debt j*st to aff*rd to pay for his c*st of l*ving; I did lo*n him some m*ney (I just tr*nsf*rred him the m*ney & then when he wanted to ret*rn it, I had to ins*st it was a lo*n). So he's str*ssed about m*ney too, and needs to d*wnsize from his *urrent pl*ce. He's not sure he wants to live in N*YC bc of the c*st and bc he's not sure how long he wants to keep this c*rrent jo*b. H*nestly, it's all 'le*rning to ad*lt' st*ff, but what makes it esp*cially h*rd for him is f*rst his anx*ety which can get re*lly b*d when he's going through st*ff - he's dec*ded to go back on m*d*cation for now; and also his ac*te f*el!ngs of l*ss not having a f*ther to b*sically guide him to be a m*n, and be th*re for h*m; for inst*nce, Jo.. his cousin is in d*ntal school, and my br*ther in l*w dr*ves up just to h*ng out with him. I re*lize I've said this b*fore. It's just h*rd watching him s*ffer, and I can only h*lp so much. I can't be what I'm not.

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ARYAN INVASION : i\ C.RHOTU;\TION OF .

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The main idea used to interu1 2t the ancient historY of India , which .

we still find i n :,istorY books tov~Y , is the ti1eorY of the Aryan invz,sion (AIT) . According te this cich theY took .

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became Indian civilization· Except t~cir l~ngu~gc, i .d ., S~nskrit, qnd .

the ca ste b o.sed social order , the J ~;!-~" : ..,, ·~ ~~.ir'j to t .t. ex:Lsting .

civiliz:>tion -.nd took everything f ~..\ o;10 l·.tt cr .

The above-m.antioncd t:1corY is ""t onlY t11c concern of historians or archaeologists alene, v .rious grouc>s opply this t:1eorY to fit into their own i deo l ogY for t~eir se lfish ond s · The J ritish used it to divide India nl ong North-S)uth or :\ ry~n-JJr"·:id ion 1incs in the colonic l era. The ~.\:,.rxists b3sed their ·rgumcnt )n this theorY where cl~ss struggle .

was repl'lced by c.,_ste struggle ond the so··C"1lled prc-.\ry-c.n indigenous peopl e s turned into the oppr e ssed '·'" ssc s ~nd the inv-;,ding Aryans a s .

oppressors -Christi'ln nnd Isl~mic ~ission~rios h>Ve used the t heory to denigr:>te the HindJ r e ligion o. s "I product .of b:~rb~ric inv-,ders, and .

promote their efforts to convert 1-indus.· Some ;>olitic::l pnrties of South Indb applY the s-;me theory therety m'lking 1\ry-::n-Dr-,vidi?.n dicC\otomY for their vote be.nkS· ,,bovc oll, ;!estern schol-,rs, from ti me to time haVe employed the theorY t o trY to d"ny Indi-~ny r c"ll indigenous .

civilization ~nd culture · .

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it a myth ?? Does the: theory still ste\nd the t est of t ime with new discoveries, exc:~V3tions, <!Xploretions , new methods "nd tools of nna lysis .

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D,,VID FR,,V/LEY ( V;\!lAPi V., S:.,,STRI) .

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D:~vid FrqwleY is one of tho few rkstcrncrs ever recognised in Indio.

as a Vedacharya· His field of study includes ;,yurvcdic medi cine, Vedic ,strology, Yog-; ,nd Ved,ntic Philos011hY· His !lore specific work is with .

the Ved~s, incl~ing A rc-JXr~in~tion of anci~nt history in lig~ of new .

,.rchneologic'll finds in Indi--~nd uor c critic:~l cx"lmin"tion of Vedic texts· f'resontly he is Dir·;ctor of ..h0 ,,;uuric'\n lnstitute of Vedic Studies, in .

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DR 5\.Ji~~\J PR.t~K.~SH GUi--T,, .

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,\n <;;nincnt ;,rchceo logY, Dr Gupt" is fo:c·.1er l)lrooter, ,,11 ,h-b,d 1.uscum. l' r oscntly he is the Ch-.imnn, I nd i-n ..r ch:coologi'l".l 3oci.,tY, New Dclhi "nd visiting Professor in the N--ti on-,1 . usL~ Institute of i1storY of Art and Museology,.

\ New Delhi. lie is also the Director, Centre for Rese::~rch -.nd Tni ning .

in HistorY, Archaeology ?.nc P-.l.,eo-environ.~ent, tnd mc.nY '"or e rese,rch pCl;>ers in the field. .

S Rl BHAG\~AN SINGH.

Sri Singh i s nn eminent linguist nd " prolific writer in the subject.

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Sahitya" , ,nd the J.ctest, "The Vedic ;hr'l?P"ns" · .

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Body the conv ening o f an Extraordinary University GeneralMeeting (UGBM ) entered its SOt day on J anuary.

Large 16, 1997..

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sacrificing their winter vacation & braving the cold weathe[,.

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t h eir bid to assert their basic democratic rights..

was marked by a The SOt 1 dayparticipated. mass hunger strike in which more than 20 students .

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td started when the ABVP majority Union violated.

the JNU Students.

,.. Union ( JNUSll) cons titution and minimum.

democratic norms by abornin&bl y sitting over a.

SOO signatures by s tudents requisition of over.

I dema nding the convening of an.

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extraordinary UGBH under article 10(iil) ol the... constitution. The demand for an students union .

dlecuse whether or not to r ecall ext~ao~dina~y UGBM wae made tovas physically attacked a Union in which its Presidenti n lts council meeting, a Union.

defeated a resolution c ondemning the demol ition of which nasjid, a Union the Babrl .

' whi c h p a ssed a resolution against.

res ervaLion · for vomen etc. Though Article 10(1) of 33~ il Constitution cl&arly states that the UGBM the JNUSUdecision making body as is the ''ultimateSLudeJlts' r egards affairs of the University.

Uni on and Its decl~ion .

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~ ( Union) Council'' , the present Students Students.

i l legitimately d eclined to c onver! the UGBM.Union Council has.

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arrogating upon itself the eovere~~nty of the University.

~ student community has not only subverted Gener-al.

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h owever narrow, the mandate,.

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given to it by the students ,.

ABVP's but true to the.

ideology, ha~ threatened .

and F~ifled democratic.

(~-·~' activity any .

shred or t h inking in the Campu s . This has proved beyond a.

ot doubt the anti-democratic and fascist nature.

ABVP dominated Union . of this.

It is for the first time i~.

of the JNU Students Union that a t he histor y.

mass reau1sition from.

student communit y demandinG a UGBH the attit~de o1 the h~s been rejected. This.

-"' ' repercussions for the ABVfuP turdoe minated Union would ha,,e ser1ous.

of the democratic traditions of.

as it Nould set~ i J NU.

''erv bad precedent. .

The UGBM has bPen always a democratic forum in JNU where students .\....

discuss, .

del~~erate and decide '.

problema. It p l a y e on issues concerning their.

a p ivotal r ol e.

movement 1n the c ampus. i n f o rging ahead the etudent .

hoet o£ othe r Ulth t h e danger of privatization and aattacks by the lncreaslngly-rlghtist s tate.

admin~stration on students' ri~hts, &.

all becoming a reality. the.

convening of UGBH .

has become a question.

democ~atic not only of formal .

students rights but one concerning the existence of the.. as a dignified community refusing to take the ..

interlinked onslaugtlt of pr-ivatization.

down. And and communal fascism lyingthe UGBH has become.

convened, with extremely important to be.

the Union staying mute over the Issues.

hike , scarcity of hostels, lack of of fee.

transparency in.

administration's thefinancial accounts, and admission procedures,.

vlctlrnlzation of student s .

by teachers, transport.

abolition of free bus passes , probl ems like.

...., RSS Shakhas I n the campus, etc . .

The SACF is determined to carry forward the ongoing struggl e . . for.

democracy and against cornrouna1.

logi~al end. fascism and pr-iva tization . to itsAnd ~ith the mass hunger strike of 16/17 .

1997 . JNU s tu.dent ·ommunity moves a Jan., .

direction . The meeti nq s tep forward in thisof the SACF conven~d after the.

hunaer strike, has decided to oo on mass.

an indefinite hunaer s trike .

from the niaht o f 18. 1.1997. Saturday to pressurize the .

i)ttranslQent JhbSU to call an extraord1nary UGBff ..

(THE TEXT OF THE PRESS REL EASE OF SACF DTD. .

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Thi~ resolution is passed. .

The ~.TNUSU stroncrly condemns the reacti~y.

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st~t-ernt?Tlt of= +-'le RSS Chief Raj en~~ra Sinr:h against 33% ~~;~ae~;eY;j,for wnm~n ;:1ni1 '""is .ctat~ment ODposin0 ~he entry of ¥-b~lt in"LO .

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nrnnosen h'r: Vijon Krishnan .

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?-r::S"'T}T"T"Irwr No:n -·:Je con~irler women ano men r:tr~ compl j mentary t .:., .

e ~c'1 n +-'tr=> r ~ ·1J P h~n a lr~Tavs he l ieveel in tl!e concept of Ardh Nar::i. ~·""lw~~=-.

is r er.PJired for ·r:l--]e tlPliftmer';: of wom t-::n we will Sl.JP~"'~·,,.::.'t-. r~ ....E?SPrr,..::j+-i_t")Tl has to 0e W:::ttch·~;6 .

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~hi~ r~solution is passed. .

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Seco n0ed by: Swapna Patronis.

oroY"\nsF?n 'hv.. Sam'-)1Jni1ho Ro y .

is pas~ed unanimotis l y ..

T~iq resolution .

seen cons~iracv-bv the P~snrJ~Tn~ ~0:10 -~he l~st f ew ve~rs have away hourtfenisi~ in lenrr11e wi +-l) the ImDe::-l~list forc es ato l'Jarter ~ .

pe~petual state.

t~e onnressed under.

~,~~ n~~;~ns int ot"'PSt s & kAeD .

Policies pursued by theo.c DOVPJ.:-tv~ .NP r.onr1c:1'Tin +:lle nei,., Economic .

SJP anrl UF Governm8n.~... s .

Conrrrr->ss, Seconded b}p Vijoo Krishnan.

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'J'liis r e solutio n the demostrat ion.

The JNUSU extends i t s supnort t o.

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,.. t-l!~ ~c0n~"'~"'T'liC 0<=3i.lls of M'I\1Cs which has .

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Democratic Students Union (DSU) .

Students for Campus Development .

Students' Solidarity .

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Reclaim the campus. .

Fight against corporatisation and privatisation of education .

and the shrinking democratic space in campus and out. .

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The policies of liberahsation, pnvausation and globaltsation have crepr into uni:ersities in r!le !;):-:-!: of ror-;,ora::t: tundmg oi the campus spaces be 1t m education or :nfrastructure. Increasing~~·, learning .s tak~g a oa.c:: sc~: .:r..C universtty is becoming mvestor fnendly to cater to the needs of rhe market. 11ore and more act?.dem:c ?rc~.🅰:::"::es on the campu5 are being funded by rhe Likes of Ford Foundauon. The fact is, there is an ever-increas~~g anack oa students through increasing cost of education (including the cost of L·,ing in :he campus), and oriem:i.'1g academics cowards pnvare, uuernauonal capital, rather than the need of of students and society at large. T n:.s is !:a?pemng lil tandem with Lhe new economic pohcies, Implemented by successive governmen:s -Congres..:>, ~n_.;., CPA and their allies. In JtS policy documents the lrtdian state is positmg education as a conunodiry ot men:, available to a few, the resultant knowledge ro be sold to the highest bidder. Naturally, even primary ,education 15 denied to a vast .

popularion. Out of the total enrollment in primary education, only 6% manage to get imo higher education. Of course, even this 6°A1 is a huge market taking into consrderation the population der...siry of a co.... mrr;: like India. And the race is on to capture this higher education marker. .

Ic is unfortunate that this gross abdication of rhe responsibilty of the State from higher educario.r. and the resultant entry of international funding agencies have been accepted uncritically m this campus. The Global Studies Programme in the CSSS/SSS is a Sl~rding example of this growing insensitivity to the legitimisation or corporate funding in campus programmes. While the university authorities are clever enough to ?roject i~ as only a programme of exchange berween two Gennan universities and ]NU it is never declared to the student commur..:ty that this progran11ne is also promoted by such international management consultanc-y groups like 11cKinsey and the corporate giants like BMW. Neither of these organisations have ever been accu.ssed of being pro-people, or prioritising the Lnterest of people or society over profits, McKinsey is one of the global 'experts' in implementing .

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the policies of globalisation and liberalisation. In India, they are advising the Maharashrra government as well as the Left (stc!) Front government in West Bengal on economic and social policies. (One of their more visible successes is the large-scale displacement and m.ass destitution through slum demolition in the name of city beautification.) The studied silence and intransparency of the JNU authorities about these funders and their practices speaks volumes about the shrinking democratic space in our campus. .

Another aspect of corporatisarion and privatisarion of education here is the replication oi disciplines, provided it it pernuts the unhindered entry of corporate capital. So when a Centre for PoLttcal StLdies ts already there we also have a Centre for Law and Governance funded by Ford which deals with topics which can very well come under the purview of rhe former. Similarly we have a Centre for International Trade and Development m SIS funded by Ford while we also have Centre for Economic Studies & Planning. It is not surprising that these parellel centres and programmes also have a different (in other words, exorbitant) fee structures. .

In a clever sleight of hand, one onslaught is used to justify another. Tthe entry of corporate funding is legitimised by the logic of subsidy cuts by the State in higher education. Scholarships are getting fev.·er and more inaccessible for most students. Even the scholarships meant for students from weaker, underprivileged .

backgorounds are not being withdrawn. More and more students enrolling for research are forced to be part of the by donor agencies like Ford, Rockefeller etc..

projects run by their faculty. Most of these projects are funded .

Students have lirrle choice in dec1ding d1e areas of research. Most of the studems end up doing research, which .

meets the needs of the project undertaken by the faculty. Research gets reduced to projects. Learning gets reduced .

to coliection of data. Data that is later utilised elsewhere, at the behest of corporate and imperialist interests, to be .

recycled as conceptual tools or policy initiatives. The university is becomic an academic sweatshop. N ot .

surprisingly, when one's academic life depends on consenting to these corporate demands, critical thinking or .

dissent becomes a very risky proposition. We are taught ro self-censor, to assim.ilate globalisation and liberalisacion .

in our classrooms. .

The JNU administration last year decided that the rule ena~ted by the University lll 1972 preventing the .

faculty from taking honorarium in thc projects tl1ey head should be removed. At the outset it looks very innocous, .

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Today I was looking at the fish tank, feeling guilty that I hadn't changed the water, in, well, a LONG-@ssed time, and I thought "eeew, there's foamy gunk on that leaf." Then I realized there are EGGS IN THERE.

That little puddle reflecting the ceiling? Yep. Stomach contents prior to the imbibing of copious amounts of alcohol.

Outside Mondavi winery. I look p*ssed, but I'm not.

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-, -'G-n·.the Oc~a.ssj~n'· of" N~vayaoa's _~L~unch Of Anand Teltur~nbq~'s I' Book ."~h~i~lan"Hi ~ Strange _and B.1tter Crop"_· -.

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An·ahd Teltu.mbde .

Noted ThinKer and The author of 11 Khairl-anji:A Strange and Bitter Crop'' .

Satya SagarIndependent Journalist .

17 Oct.OS (tonight) God~vari_Mess 9.30 p.m. .

Mo-re than 60 years of independence in India has not meant freedom from an exploitative Brahminical caste hierarchy. Casteism is still deeply entrenched in our socie-ty, taking on various forms, from exclusion and discrimination to the most gruesome and barbaric incidents of atrocities. The shocking incident of the rape of a dalit woman and her daughter in .

-~tiair~anjii ahd the subsequent pubHc lynching of her entire family shot to prominence, but the unfortunate fact remains th~t Kha,ir.lanJi -is nar.diy an aberration. Caste·based discrimination and caste atrocities are a chilling reality in every part of the country. .

Most shamefully, educational institutions, where one is supposed to learn and internalize new and progressive values, -also reve~l-this entrenched casteist mentality. We have seen how SC students inAIIMS are subjected to segregation, caste .abuse and victimization; In our own campus, we have seen how casteism is prevalent. abetted not just by some sectJons of the student community but also by the JNU administration. .

During the last year alone, we have seen casteism rear its ugly head time and again. We have had to struggle against incidents of gross caste~based academic discrimination and under-grading. In some centres, the administration has tried to throw out SQ/ST students on spurious grounds, or stall the financial assistance they are entitled to. During the-past year, the student cornp1unity had to wage a robust struggle for ensuring OBC reservations, even though this was legally man-dat~. W~ h_ave .,.$een for ourselves how the JNU administration time and again did everything possible to scuttle the .

·implementation of OBC reservations in JNU. .

For th" e past few days, as the JNUSU,elections approach, the YFE has been living up to the expectations we have of them. Arousing themse,lves from a deep and long slumber, they have woken up only to bring out a series of casteist pamphlets. We are well-acquainted with YFE's casteist politics, having seen their single minded agenda of opposing not just reservation, but any small step towards social equality. .

At a timewhen we ne-ed to remember Khairlanji, and intensify our struggle against casteism in all its forms, the YFE is busy desperately trying to whip up casteist frenzy. A few days back, the YFE brought out a pamphlet which made a ridiculous argument that oppression by Brahminism is purely "symbolic" since they are in a numerical minority! The entire pamphlet was a shameless attempt to pit OBCs and dalits, both victims of the Brahminical caste order, against each other and divide a united opposi-tion against the exploitative Brahminical caste hierarchy. .

t;"iowever hard the YFE might try to project itself as the messiahs and true well-wishers of the dalits, 'h!e will not forget their true colours.Two years back, they brought out a venomous pamphlet in JNU (12 June 2006) calling all those who av~il of reservations (at that time, only the SC/ST/PH quotas were in place) "thieves" and "inferior mortals" who deserved to be thrown out of JNU. They have openly insulted dalits by sweeping roads and cleaning shoes to protest against reservations and other attempts to ensure social equity. The YFE cannot tool us into believing they care for social equality and dalit assertion. .

Coming back to the supposed "benignnand "symbolic'' nature of oppression by Brahminism; we would like to give some examples of this lJbenignity". This is what one of the core texts of Brahminism, the Manu Smriti, has to prescribe: .

ulfhe [a Sudra] arrogantly teaches Brahmins their duty, the King shall cause hot oil to be poured into his mouth and into his ears ... a low-caste man, who tries to place himself on the same seat with a man ofa high caste, shall be branded on the hip and be banished, or (the King) shall cause his buttock to be gashed." .

Such horrendous prescriptions formed the backbone of the Brahminical caste order, which stratified sdciety and brutally suppre.ssed those who tried to break its shackles. Raising the question of whom exactly carries out brutal caste atrocities hides and sidelines the real problem of the inherent discriminatory, violent and exploitative nature of Brahminical caste hierarchy. .

The Khalr!anji incident is an indicator of the extreme brutality and intolerance that is unleashed against any attempt of upward mobility by the victims of our exploitative caste order. AI SA appeals to the student community to attend a public meeting tonight (17th Oct) at Godavari mess, at 9.30 pm on "The Realities Of Caste Atrocities: In The Mirror Of Khairlanjl", which is being organized on the occasion of the launch of Anand Teltumbde's book "Khairlanji:AStrange and Sitter Crop". Tonight's meeting will give us an opportunity to meet the author Anand Teltumbde, a noted dalit thinker of our times, and debate the many dimensions of the realities of caste oppression today, of which Khairlanji has become a telling motif. .

Awadhesh, President, AISA. JNU Suchcta De, Gen. Secy AISA, JNU .

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Today I was looking at the fish tank, feeling guilty that I hadn't changed the water, in, well, a LONG-@ssed time, and I thought "eeew, there's foamy gunk on that leaf." Then I realized there are EGGS IN THERE.

... are a bit p*ssed...

Space Science and Engineering Day, UCR's biggest engineering outreach event of the year. Partnered with the Girl Scouts, we saw over 500 parents and student attendees. The theme of the year was Nanotechnology.