A look back at the past six days.
JNU diary: A South African of South Asian origin dissects racism on campus

While many JNU students had an impressive knowledge of their own colonial histories, their knowledge of African social and political histories was limited.Read more here.
What Aurangzeb’s sons said when he asked which of them should succeed him

NS Inamdar’s novel ‘Shahenshah’, recently translated into English, questions the controversial emperor's life and gets unexpected answers. Read more here.
‘Our days are exhausting, sometimes humiliating': A college teacher on why she opposes new UGC norms
Delhi University teachers will hold a protest today against new regulations that increase their teaching load from 18 hours a week to 24.Read more here.
Rajiv Malhotra, Subramanian Swamy and Meghnad Desai represent anti-Indian ideology: Kancha Ilaiah
The irrepressible social scientist speaks on the ideological hypocrisy of non-residents and some of their high priests.Read more here.
Every survey picks Varun Gandhi as BJP's face for UP polls – but there's a problem
He doesn't badmouth his aunt and cousins.Read more here.
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