The Latest Breaking News from Rohith Vemula

From Cambridge to Indian campuses, a similar playbook hounds the marginalised

Early this year, we were in Manchester to attend the British Sociological Association’s 75th annual conference. Sitting among hundreds of academics, we were deeply intrigued by the title of Professor Jason Arday, the former Cambridge scholar’s plenary talk – ‘Wanted dead or alive: The playbook’. Arday, with great enthusiasm but…

Newslaundry · Aug 19

Hafta letters: Justice for Rohith Vemula, Revanna’s escape, nuclear energy

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Newslaundry · May 11, 2024

One life and the many deaths of Rohith Vemula

Mother of Rohith Vemula continues to fights for justice, sparking protests and calls for accountability.

The Hindu · May 10, 2024

HC disposes of plea of former VC of UoH; police file report stating Rohith Vemula is not Dalit

Telangana High Court disposes of writ petition by former vice-chancellor seeking to quash FIR in Rohith Vemula case.

The Hindu · May 3, 2024

Rohith Vemula case closed; UoH students fume

Rohith Vemula case closed; UoH students fume

The Hindu · May 3, 2024

‘Lack of evidence’, police file closure report in UoH scholar Rohith Vemula’s case

Closure report by Gachibowli police concludes Rohith Vemula's suicide was due to personal issues, not external pressure.

The Hindu · May 3, 2024

Rohith Vemula’s memory lives on, but promise of casteism-free campuses forgotten

Rohith Vemula would be celebrating his 35th birthday had he been truly cared for, loved and treated well by the caste-privileged rulers of Indian academia. He was desperate to start a life without pain and emptiness but eight years ago in this month, Rohith was institutionally murdered. 

Newslaundry · Feb 1, 2024

Bhupesh Baghel: Social justice champion or protector of caste elite interests?

Bhupesh Baghel has been described in the media as a person with bigger ambitions than returning as the chief minister of Chhattisgarh in the ongoing assembly elections. 

Newslaundry · Nov 18, 2023

Supreme Court asks UGC what action taken against caste discrimination in campuses

The Supreme Court on July 6 asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to specify steps it has taken and proposed to take, to provide non-discriminatory, enabling environment for the students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes in institutions of higher learning, terming it a “very serious issue”

The Hindu · Jul 6, 2023

Over 100 students from more than 50 varsities slam efforts to choke education institutions

From the infamous sedition row at Jawaharlal Nehru University to Rohith Vemula’s death at Hyderabad Central University campus, varsities across the country have been in news since 2016, exposing the underlying caste discrimination on India’s campuses. The exorbitant fee hike for scholarship students at Tata Institute of Social Services and…

Newslaundry · Apr 17, 2018