New Delhi: Teachers and students of different colleges of Delhi University on Monday took to the streets condemning the varsity`s decision to remove A K Ramanujan`s essay on Ramayana, with some dubbing it a "fascist" move while pro-BJP outfit labelling it as an "attack" on academic freedom.
The group comprising representatives from pro-Left organisations, academics of history and other subjects and students took out a protest march starting from the Arts Faculty and touching colleges like Kirorimal, Hindu and St Stephens before concluding at the office of the Vice Chancellor to whom a memorandum was submitted. Carrying placards that read `Resist Saffronisation of Higher Education` and `Mr VC Stop Implementing the Dictates of the Right Wing Goons`, the protesters shouted slogans against what they called an "attack" on history. "This is a very scary and an extremely frightening moment for us. This has set in place a precedent that is fearsome," said History Prof Sunil Kumar on the University Academic Council`s recent decision to remove the essay `Three Hundred Ramayanas` from History syllabus.
PTI