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Yaksha (from Wikimedia)
In that great book of ours, the Mahabharata, one chapter I find worth reading and rereading is that of the Aranya Parva, which has to do with the Yaksha, and his many questions. (The idea of an examination where the consequences of failure are dire is an interesting one, and the resemblance to a vice-chancellorship is quite unmistakeable.) In the final parts, the Yaksha asks, “What is most wonderful?”, and Yudhishthira (who by then is the only survivor) answers,“… Day after day, countless creatures go to the abode of Yama, yet those that remain behind believe themselves to be immortal. What can be more wonderful than this? ”
A Vice Chancellor is appointed at the University for a five year term. I came here on the 1st of June 2011, and so should have stayed until the 31st May, 2016. However, that is not to be. I shall be leaving somewhat sooner than that.
The reasons for this early departure from the position are purely personal, and I appreciate all those who will respect and protect my privacy on this count. While some aspects of why I wish to leave are known to some, the interpolations and extrapolations are many, all of them incomplete and in the end, all probably incorrect as well.
As my term at the UoH draws to a close, it is impossible to not try to take stock, and also impossible to not make a wish list of what still needs to be done, the miles to go… Difficult though it is, I shall do neither. Three years and a half is not a short time, but it is also not long, and I am sorry to leave when so much that I had in mind remains unfinished. There’s really not much point making any evaluation on such timescales- as I have said earlier on these pages, the race is not always to the swift.
I have valued my time at the University and am grateful for the great opportunities that it has provided me. In particular, for the chance to take the road less traveled by. The UoH has completed forty years in 2014,
Performing Resistance in Art: The Ghosts of Velivada
By Saumya Mani Tripathi
In HCU (Hyderabad Central University), the suicide of PhD scholar Rohith Vemula and subsequent crackdown on students caused a massive uproar on the question of caste and institutional structures and individuals through which it was facilitated. He left behind an extraordinarily jolting suicide note which has become a foundational dramatic text for many performances. His death invited very intense and quick responses from across the students of the country. Several students along with faculty members were arrested and jailed. This saw massive protests and agitations that quickly multiplied across the country. It influenced the nature of national politics by highlighting the prevalent discrimination in institutional spaces on the basis of identity. Later on, the commission probing Rohith Vemula’s death absolved Appa Rao, Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya of Rohith Vemula’s murder and stated that “they were merely discharging their duties.”[1]
A site inside the University of Hyderabad, later re-christened as a protest site called Velivada (Dalit Ghetto). Photo: edexlive.com
Meanwhile, Velivada, where Rohith Vemula and his friends slept and created a temporary shelter after being expelled from their Hostels (seen in the image above), became the site of struggle and remembrance. Velivada became the ground of mass gathering for political action. Performance and creative expressions of protest emphasized more and more the thematic of caste. Apart from the traditional visual design of a protest that includes flags, pamphlets, placards, ribbons, slogans, marches, nukkad natak, art installations, plays like Eklavya, solidarity songs by Gaddar and other prominent artists, were performed. This site became the confluence of thought and action, thereafter intervening in hegemonic structures. It was a unified space similar to the likes of Wisdom Tree at FTII, Freedom Square at JN University of Hyderabad vice-chancellor Appa Rao Podile to step down
According to a press release, professor Podile in March had requested the ministry of educationto relieve him from the post as his extension period was coming to an end.President Ram Nath Kovindrecently approved his request, the varsity said.
It was during Podile’s tenure in 2016 that dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula committed suicide, triggering nationwide protests. His death garnered attention from national political leaders such as Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwaland many others, who camped at the campus to protest against the authorities.
Professor Podile was appointed the UoH VC on September 21, 2015 for a period of five years and granted one year extension in September, 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
However, sources from the university said that professor Podile was asked to leave following a long extension sought by him. “Such a long extension is not granted to any VC and a new VC will have to be appointed,” said a faculty member.
During his tenure, the university attained the Institution of Eminence status and continued to maintain its high rank among the higher education institutions in the country. Professor Podile is a senior professor in the department of plant sciences in the School of Life Sciences at UoH.
This is a transcript of the speech delivered by Dontha Prashanth at Velivada in the University of Hyderabad campus after his release from jail on March 29, 2016; it was transcribed by Vinay Shende. The speech has been captured in two videos: Prashanth‘s speech starts at around the 26:15 minute in the first video, and continues all through the second video. Any discrepancies or errors in interpreting the speech are ours ~ Round Table India
Jai Bhim everyone. At this time, the people who deserve this applause more are the students that made this moment possible and not the arrested students. Rohith Vemula wanted a sense of humanity to be established in this country, where there is no humanity. People are divided in the name of caste, religion, community & creed.
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Prashanth’s speech starts at around the 26:15 minute
Friends, first we would like to thank all the students, all the faculty, even non-teaching staff and the civil society organizations, different political parties, our advocates viz. Damodar Reddy, Bheem Rao, Bojja Tharakam, Raghunath and a few more and several other people whose participation has been there in this issue. Would like to thank each and everyone of those who have been part of this movement and are willing to take this movement forward.
My friend was whispering in my ear that on 22nd when we were lathi charged and taken in vans, it was the girl students who came and stood in front of us. In fact, it is they who have saved most of the boys who were running out of that scene. I think that appreciation must go to the Girl students who stood there despite receiving severe blows, abuses and humiliating comments. And secondly, it is these brave students. Students were beaten, lathi charged. They were made to run from VC’s guest house. Stones were pelted. The way women students were – I can’t find a word, but for molestation. Students were beaten bad