Eminent professors and their hypocrisy
From politicians to Bollywood stars, many are at the forefront of their support to Jawaharlal Nehru University protestors. Beyond that the loud voices criticizing the government over the attack by masked men at the University are three eminent professors – Ramchandra Guha, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, and Raghuram Rajan. Being teachers in renowned universities they should know it better. Violence at any educational institution is despicable. So is it in JNU. Was the masked attack by men on students, teachers, and destruction of property the first instance of violence? Prof Guha, Mehta, who was till recently a vice chancellor at Ashoka University, and Rajan Finance Professor at Chicago University and also a founder of a new university in India, Krea, should know very well that the violence did not begin with the attack by masked men. The first violent protests happened against the fee hike at the JNU. See here a snapshot from the recent Indian Express article on the JNU fee hike....