ECONOMY IS BEARING THE BRUNT OF POLARISATION
Krishna Jha
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2020-01-17 12:12
It was a peaceful gathering at the Sabarmati T-point in Jawaharlal Nehru University of unarmed, uninhibited students and teachers. There was no roaring challenge, only a simple but powerful NO. It was NO to any attempt to destroy democracy, to violate Constitution. JNU was built up to nurture the young and the talented, coming from any background. With minimum resources, they could come and study, it was the promise, the university was committed to meet. As it was getting dark on January 5, television screens were slowly filled with images of masked men smashing everything that came in the way. It could be a back, a knee or a skull. The nation was stunned. The mayhem continued for four hours, police remained a mute spectator. Those who were there to protect, shared the glee. They had turned into accomplices, with an assigned role.