India’s JNU target for Bollywood film and ‘jingoistic nationalism’

Political tensions continue at Jawaharlal Nehru University, with left-wing student body at loggerheads with administrators

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April 5, 2024

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April 5, 2024

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An Indian worker waits for customers as he is surrounded by Bollywood film posters at a small cinema in New Delhi to illustrate India’s JNU target for Bollywood film and ‘jingoistic nationalism’

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Reader's comments (1)

#1 Submitted by b.... on April 5, 2024 - 2:16pm

Excellent article though very sobering and distressing. The world needs to know more about what is going on in India and their Universities.

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