Sources have stated that in Delhi, spring arrived early this time round, and fiercely so. Not unlike just a year back, when slogans of 'azaadi' and 'inquilabo' disrupted the seasonal calm and order of central Delhi. This was when India's brand-new cult of hyper-nationalism had found its first poster boys of sedition Kanhaiyaa Kumar, Umar Khalid, and Anirban Bhattarcharya.
It was stated that even with its longstanding culture of muscular student politics, large scale violence is rare in the university. Not surprisingly, the events of 21 and 22 February came as a rude slap in the face of DU’s vibrant community of students and teachers that cuts through class, religion, region, language, and ideology.
Meanwhile the spectrum of participation from the
students’ community in popular resistance has undoubtedly broadened in the past
three years. The Occupy UGC and JNU protests are cases-in-point. While the UPA
government too faced popular resistance, the organised violence that the Sangh
is employing has only made the opposition to the current government sharper and
broader.
