A demolition drive is going on in Sonipat. The red bricked walls of Ashoka University— which prides itself as India’s premier liberal arts institution— are being foregone for a metaphorical saffron.
Only this time, there’s no rumble of the bulldozer or the collapse of buildings. Rather, there is the razing of academic freedom, critical thought and scholarships unimpeded by political leanings – the very principles the university claims to espouse.
