India’s teachers’ and students’ unions must defend academic autonomy

BJP ministers and supporters are largely limiting themselves to discrediting and suppressing evidence of government failings, says an academic

11 September

Government retaliation against criticism could undermine not just the universities but also their founders’ businesses, says an Indian scholar

22 October

Criticism of lecture shows close link between government foreign policy and attacks on freedom of expression, according to scholars

1 December

The historical disconnect between teaching and research makes it easy to restrict expression without provoking much outrage, says Saikat Majumdar

2 October

Amid creeping political influence over universities, both academics and students are oddly quiet, says Mukhtar Ahmad