Social activist and history revisits jnu with an alumni walk

Social Activist and Historian Sohail Hashmi on Chiursday LED a Walk Across the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), revisiting theampus where he was a Student from 1981 to 1981 and Recalling the instritority Formative Years Shaped By Student Movements, Faculty Collection and Campus Culture.

Starting from the Ganga Dhaba, One of Jnu’s Multiple Canteens, Hashmi Guided A Thrung of Students Through Various Sites on the Campus, NarRating ABUOUTES ACDONT Activism, Environmental Decctiones and Social bonding that, according to him, defined the university. “Despite Everything, it was good to be back here. When I go to my school or my undergraduate college, I do not feel the same feeling of them being my place, which jnu still does,” he said.

Hashmi Recounted that in the Early Years of the University, Students Ware Integral to Decision-Making, Particularly through Student-Faculty Committees. “There used to be students, consisting of five students Elected by the Faculty and Five Faculty Elected by the students, which should function during the admissions. Committee Made the University Re-Examine and Admit a Student from Bihar who was initially denied admission despite having extramely high grades due to his interviewing done in English, a language hers In, “He said.

Walking past jnu’s lush greenry, Hashmi Told Students that Planting Choices WERE Also Influenced by Students ‘Suggestions’ Suggestions. “We would spend weeks deciding what trees would be planted in theampus, on the basis of their usefulness to the environment, to the animals in the area, and other success factors,” He Said.

Hashmi further recalled the long history of student movements, especially during the emergency. “During the emergency, there three days where not a single class was help, beCause all students came together; Not just just that there, the students federation of India (SFI) Said.

Despite Heavy Rain during the Walk, Students Continued With Umbrellas. At one point, Hashmi shared a story of students official a wedding for two Iranian Students Within The Campus Forests. “Here, we even get two Iranian Students Married at their request, as they said that they would not be allowed to marry in ran,” He said. The site, he added, was named parthasarathy Rocks by students to honor jnu’s first Vice Chancellor, Gopalaswami Parthasarathy.

Speaking to ht, hashmi remumbered how jnu students Extended Support Beyond Campus. “JNU Students would go out in Hindreds to Help People during Floods and Protasted for Construction Labourers to be given minimum wages and for schools to be built for their child Students Saw themselves as part of the people.

He also emphasized the unique bond between students and professors in jnu’s early years. “This Bonding Between the Students, The Workers, and the Professors is what Gave Shape to the University,” Hashmi Said, Citing Examples of Sharing Tea With Teaches on Winter NIGHTS, CELEBRATING HOLII TEACHERS, and Professors bailing out students arrested during the emergency.