Why are some jnu students protesting the hanging of afzal. Oct 18, 2016 the programme called a country without a post office against the judicial killing of afzal guru and maqbool bhatt, was supposed to showcase the protest through poetry, art and music. This is not the first time that jnu, one of the countrys top academic institutions, has witnessed events in support of afzal guru, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the attack on. The form sought permission to hold a poetry reading a country without a post office at the sabarmati dhaba on february 9 from 5 pm to 7. Jnucontroversyexplainedindetailincludingtheauthors. A large group of students of jnu conducted an event on feb 9, on the university campus. Below is agha shahid ali s famous poem whose title was used as the title of the event organised in jnu. All that happened at jnu before and after kanhaiya kumars. Khalid took the form to the dean of students but as he was not available, the additional dean of students signed it. This was merely a cultural event organized against the judicial killing of afzal guru and maqbool bhat in solidarity with the struggle of kashmiri people for their democratic right to self determination. As per reports, the alleged peaceful protest was supposed to be held through poetry, art and music, a part of a cultural evening organised to question the working of the supreme court. Feb, 2016 it is learnt that five other students have also been named in the fir. A lot of kashmiri students from inside and outside the campus were to attend the event.
On february 9 three years ago, umar and anirban had organised a poetry reading session based on the country without a post office, agha shahid alis poem. The poem talks about the haunted and haunting experiences of widespread bloodshed and violence in kashmir that resulted in total collapse of state machinery, including the breakdown of all the post offices in kashmir. Jnu student harshit agarwal attempted to answer some. A programme bina dakghar wala desh country without postoffice was organised in the university which was named after poetry collection. As news leaks of indias forced communications blackout in kashmir, the work of poet. Agha shahid ali penned this poem, the country without a post office, in 1997 when the local kashmiris took to guns to fight against the indian rule in the state. The varsity has stated the sequence of events in the report beginning from how four students had taken permission for an event titled poetryreadingthe country without post office. The jnu students union president kanhaiya kumar was arrested on february 12 in connection with a case of sedition and criminal.
What followed was more like a day in an asylum taken over by lunatics. Agha shahid ali the country without a post office with. The event was named a country without a post office against the judicial killing of afzal guru and maqbool bhatt. Jnu today sent a status report to hrd ministry about the situation in the campus and the action taken by the varsity in connection with an event against hanging of parliament attack convict afzal guru, during which antiindia slogans were allegedly raised. Who were the students who organised the event a country without a post office to commemorate 2001 parliament attack convict afzal guru. There is no dearth of idiocy in indian politics, but the current jnu row seems to have crossed the previous milestones in frivolity. The words a country without a post office constitute an embarrassing lie, meant to divest india of the investment promised by representatives of 36 countries who have approached naidu. The permission was applied by coaccused umar khalid on the prescribed proforma for poetry reading the country without a post office and it was only from the posters circulated on 9th february, 2016 that the authorities at jnu came to know about the nature of the programme being antinational resultantly permission was withdrawn. It was supposed to be a cultural event with an idyllic, outoftheworld name country without a post office. Nda govt will not permit antinational programmes in universities. Jan 28, 2018 this poem is one of the best masterpieces by agha shahid ali. The country without a post office is one of agha shahid alis most. Niyati is a student of jnu who had attended this event named the country without a post office on her way back from class and posted it on social media with a lengthy piece of opinion two days before it caught medias frenzy.
Jnu mahakatha when student politics became sedition the quint. It is learnt that five other students have also been named in the fir. Jnu administration has ordered a disciplinary enquiry about an event students held on campus against the hanging of afzal guru. This move comes after abvp began protesting outside the vcs office, demanding all the students who misled the university about the nature of the events to be expelled. Noting that the country faces bigger threat from the enemy within. Jnu on monday sent a status report to hrd ministry about the situation in the campus and the action taken by the varsity in connection with an event against hanging of parliament attack convict afzal guru, during which antiindia slogans were allegedly raised.
Feb 12, 2016 antiindia slogans were allegedly raised during the event, titled the country without a post office, in which students organized an exhibition and a protest march. This was merely a cultural event organized against the judicial killing of afzal guru and maqbool bhat in solidarity with the struggle of kashmiri. Wont tolerate insult to mother india, says smriti irani on. It was originally called as kashmir without a post office. The group of people who were supporting the cause have confirmed that they were not in support of afz. Wont tolerate insult to mother india, says smriti irani. The woman who was addressing the gathering gave an introduction to the event, suggesting that the parliamentary left needs to stand along. When posters for a february 9 event, titled poetry reading the country without a post office, were pasted across the jawaharlal nehru. Feb, 2016 the event at jnu titled the country without a post office, had been organised to protest this judicial killing of afzal guru as per reports available in various news portals. Mar 04, 2016 the permission was applied by coaccused umar khalid on the prescribed proforma for poetry reading the country without a post office and it was only from the posters circulated on 9th february, 2016 that the authorities at jnu came to know about the nature of the programme being antinational resultantly permission was withdrawn. The country without a post office was a poem by kashmiri writer. Within india, theres a country without a post office. The name of the event is derived from the book of poetry titled the country without a post office by agha shahid ali about a particularly violent.
Farewell my history gets in the way of your memory, oof will stay with me for a long time. When the poster for the february 9 2015 event titled, a country without a post office was put up, i confess none of my friends expressed any kind of surprise, leave alone some sort of gut. The event titled the country without a post office, had been organised to stand in solidarity with the struggle of the kashmiri people for their democratic right to selfdetermination and, among other things, to protest the judicial killing of afzal guru, who was hanged in 20 after being convicted in the attack on parliament. The event at jnu titled the country without a post office, had been organised to protest this judicial killing of afzal guru as per reports available in various news portals. Aug, 2019 the february 2016 cultural evening organised in jnu against the judicial killings of afzal guru and maqbool bhat, the aftermath of which still reverberates across the country, was titled the country without a post office, after the agha shahid ali poem. Yet when it was held in the hallowed grounds of leftist mecca, the prestigious jawaharlal nehru university jnu on feb. The country without a post office is a poem written by agha shahid ali, and the title of the poem is intended to bring back memories of the troubled times in kashmir in the 1990s when no mail was. The february 2016 cultural evening organised in jnu against the judicial killings of afzal guru and maqbool bhat, the aftermath of which still reverberates across the country, was titled the country without a post office, after the agha shahid ali poem. Jnu sends status report on row over afzal guru to hrd ministry. A 2016 cultural evening organised in jawaharlal nehru university jnu protesting the death sentences of two kashmiri terrorists convicted of 2001 indian parliament attack, which led to the sedition row involving kanhaiya kumar, was titled the country without a post office. I am a jnu student and i have been taught to question by. The title of the poem derives from an incident that occurred in 1990, when kashmir rebelled against indian rule, resulting. They are umar khalid, rama naga, anant prakash, anirban bhattacharya and ashutosh kumar.
The title of the poem derives from an incident that occurred in. Taking its impetus from the 1990 kashmiri uprising against india, which led to political violence and closed all the countrys post offices for seven months, alis long poem is considered one of his masterpieces. South report brings to you all the things you need to know about the ongoing jnu controversy. Twitter laughs out loud as jnu row inspires rti application when posters for a february 9 event, titled poetry reading the country without a post office, were pasted across the jawaharlal. Antiindia slogans were allegedly raised during the event, titled the country without a post office, in which students organized an exhibition and a protest march.
Authorities present their side of story according to the administration, four students had sought permission to organise an event called poetry reading the country without post office, at 5 pm on february 9. Things you need to know about the jnu controversy and. What struck me as a young masters student at jnu was that political discussions were not just limited to the postdinner mess meetings and dhaba charchas, that the classroom was a demanding and grueling space in academic rigor through tutorial discussions and term papers. Without a post office was published as the title poem in the country without a post office 1997. At the same time, supreme courts judgement on appeal by guru on august 5, 2005 says, as criminal acts took place pursuant to the conspiracy, the appellant, as. O post office in south west delhi district, delhi, india as codified by indiapost.
A country without a post office on a chilly night in jawaharlal nehru university, a protest was taking place against what the protesters called the judicial killing of afzal guru and maqbool bhatt. The name of the event is derived from the book of poetry titled the country without a post office by agha shahid ali about a particularly violent period in the state of jammu and kashmir. Originally titled kashmir without a post office, it was later revised and published in 1997 as the title poem of a collection called the country without a post office. The country without a post office by agha shahid ali. The protest was to be showcased in the form of poetry, art and music. Soon, the members of the akhil bharatiya vidyarthi parishad abvp launched a protest demanding the sacking of the organisers, kicking off a row. All this began with a simple cultural event called the country without a post office, organised in the campus of the jnu. The poem titled the country without a post office was penned by agha shahid ali in 1997 in the backdrop of the turbulent 90s when local kashmiris took to guns to fight the indian rule in the state. I think this is the first time i saw ghazals in english.
Authorities present their side of story according to the administration, four students had sought permission to organise an event called poetry reading the country without post office, at. Jnu students hold kashmir event on campus again jnu. Dozens of jnu students held a demonstration in solidarity with those killed, maimed or blinded in kashmir during the 2016 unrest, a year after a similar. Again ive returned to this country where a minaret has been entombed. Everything you need to know about the jnu incident career anna. His curiosity is an important one, and the entire episode in jnu marks a. The event titled the country without a post office, had been organised to protest the judicial killing of afzal guru by the students of jnu.
Twitter laughs out loud as jnu row inspires rti application india. The country without a post office, city of daughters and i see kashmir from new delhi at midnight are a few i remember that stood out to me, though there were definitely more. Within india, theres a country without a post office and it is now being debated in parliament. The country without a post office event a group of students organized an event on 9th february 2016, to mark the hanging of afzal guru, convicted for the 2001 indian parliament attack. The programme called a country without a post office against the judicial killing of afzal guru and maqbool bhatt, was supposed to showcase the protest through poetry, art and music. Someone soaks the wicks of clay lamps in mustard oil, each night climbs its steps to read messages scratched on planets. Umar and anirban had organised a poetry reading session based on the country without a post office, agha shahid alis poem. Earlier in the day, naidu, while responding to the debate, said of the jnu protest that. Jan 19, 2019 the event titled the country without a post office, had been organised to stand in solidarity with the struggle of the kashmiri people for their democratic right to selfdetermination and, among other things, to protest the judicial killing of afzal guru, who was hanged in 20 after being convicted in the attack on parliament. Things you need to know about the jnu controversy and south. Did you know nominationsthe country without a post. Posters with the poems name were pasted across the jnu campus. While khalid and bhattacharya are exdsu democratic students union activists who organised the event the country without a post office, naga is a jnusu office bearer.
Within india, theres a country without a post office and. Feb 26, 2016 the poem titled the country without a post office was penned by agha shahid ali in 1997 in the backdrop of the turbulent 90s when local kashmiris took to guns to fight the indian rule in the state. A response has been sent today, jnu registrar bhupinder zutshi said. Mar 10, 2016 before understanding the hype around jnu, let me just give you a quick recap of how the issue started. The title of the poem derives from an incident that occurred in 1990, when kashmir rebelled against indian rule, resulting in hundreds of gruesome and violent deaths, fires, and mass rapes. Titled the country without a post office the event was attended by representatives from most of the universitys political outfits. Agha shahid ali revised it, doubling its length and changing its name when he included it in the collection the country without a post office in 1997. Mar 29, 2020 the country without a post office event a group of students organized an event on 9th february 2016, to mark the hanging of afzal guru, convicted for the 2001 indian parliament attack. The title of the poem derives from an incident that occurred in 1990, when. Email exchanges between former jnu students umar khalid and. At one time, it was horrible to talk about kashmir in jnu, says najeeb. The country without a post office going anon and on.
Before understanding the hype around jnu, let me just give you a quick recap of how the issue started. Almost two decades after the poem appeared, a cultural event, incidentally named the country without a post office, held on february 9 in one of indias finest universities, jawaharlal nehru university jnu, reinforced this lost connection. Jnu mahakatha when student politics became sedition. Also, a programme a country without a post office against the judicial killing of afzal guru and maqbool bhatt was supposed to take off. The title of the poem derives from an incident that occurred in 1990. His fingerprints cancel bank stamps in that archive for letters with doomed addresses, each house buried or empty. The programme was named a country without a post office against the judicial killing of afzal guru and maqbool bhatt.
Agha shahid ali revised it, doubling its length and changing its name when he included it in the collection the country without a post office in. A group of students held an event on the jnu campus attended by representatives from most of jnus political outfits. Sedition chargesheet against kanhaiya and others in 2016 case. Is truth lost in the slogans in jnu or is it buried in graves.
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