Song, Protest, the University, and the Nation: Delhi, 2016
Date
2018Abstract
Las protestas por el suicidio del estudiante intocable Rohith Vermula en Hyderahabad se extendieron por muchas universidades indias. De todas ellas, la Universidad Nehru en Delhi se convirtió en el epicentro, sobre todo tras el arresto del líder estudiantil Kanhaiya Kumar.
La suspensión de su arresto puso en marcha un movimiento en defensa de la división de poderes en India y desencadenó una controversia en torno a la identidad anti-patriótica (léase terrorista). Entre otros instrumentos para hacer visibles su causa, los estudiantes recurrieron a elementos de la cultura popular, como las canciones de Bollywood. In the wake of the suicide of Dalit postgraduate student Rohith Vermula in Hyderahabad, protests swept educational centres all over India. It was JNU, however, that became ground zero for dissent, especially after the arrest of student leader K. Kumar. His release from prison put into motion the resistance to curb division of powers in India, and sparked a national dispute on being an anti-national (read terrorist) Indian subject. Among the tools to make their plea visible, JNU students and faculty alike resorted to common denominators of Indian popular culture like Bollywood soundtracks.
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