रोहित वेमुला के मामले पर अमेरिका, इंग्लैण्ड, जर्मनी व इटली के विभिन्न विश्वविद्यालयों के 197 प्रोफेसरों का खुला पत्र.
Letter to
University of hyderabad
Government of India
Open Letter to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad.
Supporters
We of the global scholarly community make an urgent appeal that justice be done in the most recent case of caste discrimination in Indian higher education, that of the University of Hyderabad's prejudicial suspension of five young Dalit men pursuing PhDs. It was ordered under political pressure, without even allowing the young men in question to speak in their own defense. It directly contravened an earlier decision made by the University administration itself, which had exonerated them of any charges of wrongdoing—charges which had been trumped up by political rivals opposed to the activism of these young men.
This prejudice has now exacted a terrible price. One of the five, a scholar of great promise, Rohith Vemula, committed suicide on January 17. Unable to bear the despair of having his one chance at a future snatched from him, of his value being reduced, in his own eloquent parting words, to nothing but "a vote" and "an immediate identity," he took his own life (see
https://www.sabrangindia.in/article/letter-should-shake-our-world-dalit-scholar-suicide-triggers-outrage ). As scholars we know that individual actions are never just that. This suicide is not an individual act. It is the failure of higher educational institutions in democratic India to meet their most basic obligation: to foster the intellectual and personal growth of India's most vulnerable young people. Instead, Rohith now joins a long list of victims of prejudice at premier institutions in the country, where pervasive discrimination drives so many Dalit students to depression and suicide, when not simply forcing them to quietly drop out.
As international scholars of South Asia, we ask the authorities at the University of Hyderabad to immediately reinstate Mr. Vemula's four peers, to provide support to his family, and to launch a police investigation into his passing. But that is not enough. The University of Hyderabad must ensure not only that justice be done now, but that further injustice be rigorously prevented. It is vital to the life of any academic institution to actively nurture students exactly like Rohith, whose contribution to civic life and healthy political debate made the university the place of learning and personal transformation it should be. Measures must be implemented to ensure that such students are supported and allowed to thrive when they enter what is all too often the hostile, casteist environment of higher education in India. A university where students turn away from life with the regularity they have at the University of Hyderabad requires urgent and massive rehauling.
The involvement of political leaders in buttressing caste discrimination in Indian universities, and the double standards applied by university administrations to anti-caste student activity, directly contribute to the negative reputation India is earning among scholars worldwide. We urge the University of Hyderabad to restore our confidence by living up to its obligation to end institutionalized discrimination, to educate all students in a climate of respect and empathy, and to resist political pressures to do otherwise. We are all watching.
1. Rupa Viswanath, Professor of Indian Religions, University of Göttingen, Germany
2. Joel Lee, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Williams College, USA
3. Dwaipayan Sen, Assistant Professor of History, Amherst College, USA
4. Nathaniel Roberts, Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany
5. Gajendran Ayyathurai, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Göttingen, Germany
6. David Mosse, Professor, SOAS University of London, UK.
7. Karthikeyan Damodaran, PhD Scholar, University of Edinburgh.
,8. Hugo Gorringe, Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh.
9. T. Dharmaraj, Visiting Professor, Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen.
10. Ania Loomba, Professor, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
11. Lalit Vachani, Research Fellow, Center for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen, Germany
12. Srirupa Roy, Professor of State and Democracy, Center for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen, Germany
13. Christophe Jaffrelot, Dr., CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS, Paris, France
14. Suvir Kaul, A. M. Rosenthal Professor, University of Pennsylvania, USA
15. Frank J. Korom, Professor of Religion and Anthropology, Boston University, USA
16. John Harriss, Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
17. Dilip Menon, Professor and Director, Centre for Indian Studies, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
18. Raka Ray, Professor of Sociology and South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
19. Jonathan Spencer, Regius Professor of South Asian Language, Culture and Society, University of Edinburgh, UK
20. Constantine Nakassis, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Chicago, USA
21. Sankaran Krishna, Professor of Political Science, University of Hawaii-Manoa, USA
22. Chandra Mallampalli, Professor of History, Westmont College, USA
23. Timothy Lubin, Professor, Washington and Lee University, USA
24. Linda Hess, Senior Lecturer, Stanford University, USA
25. Auritro Majumder, Assistant Professor, University of Houston, USA
26. P. Bagavandoss, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, USA.
27. Shirin Rai, Professor of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK.
28. Indira Arumugam, Assistant Professor of Sociology, National University of Singapore
29. Michele Friedner, Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University, New York, USA
30. Dibyesh Anand, Associate Professor, University of Westminster, UK
31. Ravinder Kaur, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
32. James Caron, Lecturer in Islamicate South Asia, SOAS, University of London, UK.
33. Francis Cody, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Canada.
34. Christopher Taylor, Assistant Professor of English, University of Chicago, USA
35. Alpa Shah, Associate Professor (Reader) of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
36. Bishnupriya Ghosh, Professor of English, University of California, Santa Barbara
37. Gloria Goodwin Raheja, Professor of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, USA
38. Anjali Arondekar, Associate Professor of Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
39. Nosheen Ali, Habib University, Karachi
40. Vazira Zamindar, Associate Professor of History, Brown University, USA
41. Kavita Philip, Professor of History, University of California at Irvine, USA
42. Bhavani Raman, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Canada.
43. Subir Sinha, Development Studies, SOAS, London, UK.
44. Francesca Orsini, Professor, SOAS, London, UK.
45. Gilbert Achcar, Professor, SOAS, London, UK.
46. Nilanjan Sarkar, Deputy Director, South Asia Center, LSE, UK.
47. Jon Wilson, Senior Lecturer in History, King's College, London, UK.
48. Peter van der Veer, Director and Professor at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany.
49. Tam Ngo, Researcher, Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany
50. Shakuntala Banaji, Lecturer, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
51. Meena Dhanda, Reader in Philosophy and Cultural Politics, University of Wolverhampton, UK
52. Goldie Osuri, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK.
53. Shana Sippy, Visiting Scholar, Carleton College, USA
54. Sarah Hodges, Associate Professor, University of Warwick, UK
55. Mukulika Banerjee, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director, South Asia Centre, London School of Economics, UK
56. Paula Chakravartty, Associate Professor, MCC and Galatin, New York University, USA
57. Narendra Subramanian, Professor of Political Science, McGill University, Canada, and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany.
58. Gurminder K Bhambra, Professor, University of Warwick
59. Rashmi Varma, Associate Professor, University of Warwick, UK
60. Uday Chandra, Assistant Professor of Government, Georgetown University, Qatar
61. Anupama Rao, Associate Professor of History, Barnard College, Columbia University, USA
62. Neena Mahadev, Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany.
63. Nusrat S Chowdhury, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Amherst College, USA
64. Kavin Paulraj, Lecturer, Saint Mary's College of California, USA
65. Asiya Alam, History Department, Louisiana State University, USA
66. Ananya Chakravarti, assistant professor of history, Georgetown University
67. Jesse Knutson, Assistant Professor of Sanskrit, University of Hawaii Manoa
68. Gopal Balakrishnan Professor, History of Consciousness, University of California Santa Cruz, USA
69. Geir Heierstad, Research Director, Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Norway
70. Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Coordinator, Norwegian Network for Asian Studies, Norway.
71. Andrew Liu, Assistant Professor of History, Villanova University, USA
72. Toussaint Losier, Assistant Professor of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.
73. Pinky Hota, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Smith College, Northampton MA
74. Madhumita Lahiri, Assistant Professor of English, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
75. Juned Shaikh, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of California, Santa Cruz
76. Neilesh Bose, Canada Research Chair in Global and Comparative History University of Victoria
77. Lawrence Cohen, Professor and Director, Institute of South Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA
78. John Holmwood, Professor of Sociology, University of Nottingham, UK.
79. Balmurli Natrajan, Associate Professor, William Paterson University of New Jersey, USA.
80. Richard Alexander, Lecturer in Financial Law, SOAS University of London, UK.
81. Eleanor Newbigin, Senior Lecturer, SOAS, University of London
82. Chinnaiah Jangam, Assistant Professor of History, Carleton University, Canada.
83. Matthew J Nelson, Reader in Politics, SOAS, University of London.
84. Sîan Hawthorne, Lecturer in Critical Theory & the Study of Religions, SOAS, London, UK.
85. Amrita Shodhan, SOAS, University of London, UK.
86. Michael Hutt Professor and Director, SOAS South Asia Institute, University of London, UK
87. Jonathan Goodhand, Professor in Conflict and Development Studies, SOAS, University of London, UK
88. Nitasha Kaul, Author and academic, University of Westminster, London.
89. Deepankar Basu, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
90. Somak Biswas, Doctoral Candidate, Department of History, University of Warwick, UK
91. Michael Levien, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, USA
92. Nilisha Vashist, M.Phil/PhD student, University College London, UK
93. Rama Mantena, Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
94. Sohini Kar, Assistant Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
95. Dr. Jacob Copeman, Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh.
96. Dr. Priyamvada Gopal, Cambridge University, UK.
97. Carole Spary, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham, UK.
98. James Putzel, Professor of Development Studies, LSE, UK.
99. Romola Sanyal, Assistant Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
100. Dr Barnita Bagchi, Literary Studies, Utrecht University, Netherlands.
101. Dag Erik Berg, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen, Germany.
102. Dr Kalpana Wilson, London School of Economics, UK
103. Chetan Bhatt, Professor, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
104. Rahul Rao, Senior Lecturer in Politics, SOAS, University of London, UK
105. Dr Alan Bullion, The Open University, UK
106. Katharine Adeney, Professor and Director of the Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, University of Nottingham, UK
107. Dr. Mara Matta, Modern Literatures of the Indian Subcontinent, SAPIENZA Università di Roma, Italy
108. Pritam Singh, Professor of Economics, Oxford Brookes University, UK.
109. Dr. Sunil Kumar, Lecturer, London School of Economics, UK
110. Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
111. Richa Nagar, Professor, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA
112. Mary Kaldor, Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
113. David Lewis, Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
114. Dr. Suthaharan Nadarajah, Lecturer, SOAS, University of London
115. Dr. Navtej Purewal, SOAS, University of London, UK
116. Shruti Sinha, Toulouse School of Economics, France.
117. Robert Cassen, Professor
118. Apurba Kundu, Deputy Dean, Anglia Ruskin University, UK.
119. Rachel McDermott, Associate Professor of Religion, Barnard College, Columbia University, USA.
120. Dr. Clarinda Still, Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme, University of Oxford, UK
121. Chad M. Bauman, Associate Professor of Religion, Butler University, USA.
122. Nandini Bhattacharya, Lecturer in History, University of Dundee, UK
123. Vijay Prashad, Professor, Trinity College, USA and Chief Editor, LeftWord Books.
124. Lucinda Ramberg, Assistant Professor, Cornell University, USA. 125. Pippa Virdee, Senior Lecturer in Modern South Asian History, De Montfort University, UK.
126. Andrew J. Nicholson, Associate Professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook
127. Dr. Teena Purohit, Department of Religion, Boston University.
128. Sahana Bajpaie, Instructor in Bengali, SOAS, University of London, UK.
129. M. V. Ramana, Physicist, Princeton University, USA
130. Andrew Sartori, Professor of History, New York University, USA
131. Shailaja Paik, Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, USA.
132. Jayadev Athreya, Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Washington, USA.
133. Ajantha Subramanian, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Harvard University
134. Sumeet Mhaskar, Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Modern Indian Studies, Unviersity
135. Whitney Cox, Associate Professor, South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, USA.
136. Nandini Deo, Associate Professor of Political Science, Lehigh University, USA.
137. Dia Da Costa, Associate Professor, University of Alberta, Canada.
138. Debjani Bhattacharyya, Assistant. Professor, Drexel University, USA
139. Yogesh Chandrani, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Colorado College, USA
140. Projit Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
141. Tejaswini Ganti, Associate Professor, Anthropology, New York University
142. Amit R. Baishya, Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma, USA.
143. Tsitsi Jaji, Associate Professor, Duke University, USA.
144. Pulikesi C. Rajangam, Faculty Assistant, Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
145. SHARIKA THIRANAGAMA, assistant professor of anthropology , STANFORD UNIVERSITY
146. Benjamin Siegel, Assistant Professor of History, Boston University, USA.
147. Shefali Chandra, Associate Professor of South Asian History, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
148. Prathim-Maya Dora-Laskey, Assistant Professor, Alma College, USA.
149. Kasturi Ray, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University, USA
150. Nandita Sharma, Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
151. Malarvizhi Jayant, PhD Student, University of Chicago, USA
152. Martha Ann Selby, Professor of South Asian Studies and Chair of Department of Asian Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
153. Dr Sumeet Jain, Lecturer in Social Work, University of Edinburgh, UK
154. Nandita Sharma, Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
155. Sanjukta Das Gupta, Associate Professor, Department of Oriental Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
156. Priyanka Srivastava, Assistant Professor of History, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
157. Sujani Reddy, Associate Professor of American Studies, State University of New York Old Westbury, USA
158. J A Hernández Carrillo, Associate Professor of History, The University of Houston, USA
159. Carmel Christy, Fulbright-Nehru visiting scholar, Department of History, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
160. Johan Mathew, Departments of History and Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA
161. Rukmini Barua, PhD Candidate, University of Göttingen, Germany
162. Romina Robles Ruvalcaba, Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach
163. Aditya Sarkar, Assistant Professor, History Department, Warwick University, UK
164. Chandak Sengoopta, Professor of History, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
165. Tarini Bedi, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
166. Urmitapa Dutta, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA
167. Shweta Moorthy, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, USA
168. Daniel Rudin, Reserch Scholar, Film and Digital Media, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
169. Indrajit Roy ESRC Research Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK.
170. Jacob Kovalio, Professor of Japanese/Chinese/Asian History/Studies
Carleton University, Canada
171. Mayur Suresh, Lecturer, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK.
172. Divya Cherian, Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers University, USA.
173. Dr Jayeeta Sharma, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Canada
174. Kalyani Devaki Menon, Associate Professor, DePaul University, USA
175. Renisa Mawani, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of British Columbia, Canada
176. Ajay Parasram, Doctoral Candidate and Lecturer Department of Political Science, Carleton University, Canada
177. Raza Mir, Professor of Management, William Paterson University, USA
178. Deborah Nurse, PhD Candidate, Carleton University, USA.
179. Pratik Chakrabarti, Professor of History of Science and Medicine, University of Manchester, UK
180. Ambarien Alqadar, Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
181. Kajri Jain, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Canada
182. Praseeda Gopinath, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA
183. Prof. Shubhra Gururani, Associate Professor, Anthropology, York University, Canada.
184. Sourit Bhattacharya, Doctoral candidate and seminar tutor, English and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Warwick, UK
185. Dr Satoshi Miyamura, Department of Economics, SOAS, University of London, UK
186. Shrikant Botre, PhD student, University of Warwick, UK.
187. Deepa Kurup, MPhil candidate, Oxford University, UK.
188. Sarah Pierce Taylor, Visiting Instructor of Religion, Mount Holyoke College, USA.
189. Clement Bayetti, PhD Student, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, UK.
190. Gayatri Reddy, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, UK
191. Nancy Rose Hunt, Professor of History, University of Michigan, USA.
192. Manuel Capella, PhD student, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, UK
193. Nicole D'souza, PhD Candidate, Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill Unviersity, Canada
194. Luisa Molino, MSc - Research Associate, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University, Canada
194. Janet Hoy, PhD, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA
195. Dr Sophia Koukoui, PsyD/PhD, Clinical Psychologist and Postdoctoral Fellow of Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada.
196. Mathew Rosen, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Ohio University
197. Beatrice Jauregui, Assistant professor, University of Toronto
Letter to
University of hyderabad
Government of India
Open Letter to the Vice Chancellor of the Univers .. Inity of Hyderabad.
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