In this issue

16 Prisoners of Patriarchy
On September 21, the UP police beat up women students protesting peacefully in BHU against
the misogyny on campus. Two students, part of the protest, recount the sequence of events.
22 Another Lotus Eater?
Decoding Tamil superstar Kamalahaasan’s politics-speak
28 Here’s How We Go To School
From hazardous structures passing off as schools for working-class children to private schools
flouting all regulations for profit, a hard look at the state of our school education
51 Insecure Over Drinks
Rising instances of women driving drunk and women characters drinking on screen in
Kerala set off the patriarchal alarm bells for the Malayali male gen-pop
56 The Paperback Way to India
Most upcoming Pakistani writers get published in India due to lack of options back home
6 Letters 10 deep throat 58 Books 64 glitterati 66 diary

Mutter Needs More Courage

Angela Merkel’s smaller victory means sterner challenges. Then there’s the AfD threat.

6 mins

'Police Chased Us Even Into Our Hostel Rooms. We Want An Apology From The V-C'

BANARAS Hindu University’s campus is one of the largest in Uttar Pradesh. It is accessible through several gates, the most renowned and biggest of which overlooks Lanka, a locality in Varanasi. It is at this gate that hundreds of students of BHU, mostly women scholars, were protesting since 6 am on September 21. It is from this historic site that they were lathicharged by police and chased into their hostels. Videos of the all-woman crowd being beaten by police have since gone viral, sending shockwaves through the country.The women students had come out in protest after an incident of sexual harassment on the campus, for which the BHU administration blamed the victim. She was the first to step out to protest against the unequal treatment of women in the university and the lack of basic safety norms there. She was soon joined by other hostel residents, and as she shaved her head in protest, became a symbol of all BHU women students’ demands.

6 mins

The Crooked Public Schools Road

Unrecognised and illegal, budget schools run by slumlords fleece and fool working-class parents

10 mins

Only-For-Profit Schools

How private schools work around the bar on profiteering and rake in the moolah

5 mins

The Jury Is Still Out

Do private schools outdo government schools? No proof exists for that.

4 mins

Enter The Apple Shift

Apple orchards are taking over the paddy fields of Kashmir. There’s promise and a fear.

5 mins

'My Whole Career Has Been Built Upon Rejection, But I Never Give Up'

National award-winning director Hansal Mehta talks about this happy, hectic time, the joys of film-ma­king and working with actors such as Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao.

7 mins

A Novel Catches The Bus To Wagah

Indian publishers are fertile ground for most ­Pakistani writers who have few options back home.

7 mins

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