New Delhi: In the annual churn of student politics in Delhi University, a department has emerged as an unlikely launchpad for leaders year after the year: Buddhist Studies, a postgraduate course devoted to Buddhist literature, philosophy and history.
This year, seven of the 10 candidates who contested the four central-panel posts in the Delhi University Student Union (DUSU) elections were from the Department of Buddhist Studies, including both presidential candidates -- ABVP's Yash Dabas and NSUI's Vijai Shankar Meena.
