tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000456447770564113.post5613071235682773020..comments2024-02-15T17:55:05.415+05:30Comments on Anaarkali - The Saga of Bhil Adivasi Indigenous People: In Search of the Roots of ViolenceRahul Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03878406459334361611noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000456447770564113.post-59080719806226928162015-11-25T21:20:48.435+05:302015-11-25T21:20:48.435+05:30What with funding chokes at TISS, I understand the...What with funding chokes at TISS, I understand the academic clampdown. JNU, I guess there is a sense of insecurity in the campus?<br />I remember working in a Hindu Right University where HOD was a Leftist but he kept his anger to closed door meeting with select individuals in his office. He survived there for almost 8 years. I quit in 4 months. He had a family to take care of.<br />Bhavanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799522192219059459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000456447770564113.post-14675104478063842722015-11-24T07:28:34.840+05:302015-11-24T07:28:34.840+05:30I was speaking about the academia generally and no...I was speaking about the academia generally and not about individual academics. The rhetoric of nationalism and religious sectarianism is quite strong in academia apart from its general support for the overall violence of the currently dominant development and governance model. Saner voices are rarely heard even if they dare to speak out. Even institutes like TISS and JNU have increasingly clamped down on academic freedom. At a time when there is so much livelihood uncertainty it is only the brave who will jeopardise their careers as academics to go against the establishment. So willy nilly the capitalists are able to spread their ideology and also promote xenophobia and religiophobia. The less said about the role of the media the better!!!<br />Rahul Banerjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878406459334361611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000456447770564113.post-43964261905809840482015-11-24T06:51:41.778+05:302015-11-24T06:51:41.778+05:30I do have my thoughts and concerns about academia ...I do have my thoughts and concerns about academia but would like more detail on why you wrote these two sentences: "Finally one can't get to the bottom of this whole business of violence without dwelling on the role of the media and academia. These too are controlled by the capitalists and are dens of scoundrels hysterically mouthing xenophobic and religiophobic balderdash that only fuels further violence." Bhavanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799522192219059459noreply@blogger.com