An article from Business India, 13 December 1987.
An article from Business India, 13 December 1987.
The Delhi University (DU) Vice-Chancellor’s (VC) single-minded
obsession with hurriedly forcing his pet project of the semester system
into the bloodstream of the Delhi University, no matter how toxic the
consequences, is of a piece with his seeming belief that he can’t be
wrong. The assumption appears to be that power guarantees the wisdom
and rightness of ideas and actions and can therefore be used to clean up in
a rush, get things done and move on.
The current administration of Delhi University has attempted to reshape the University through a series of sinister agendas - be it the introduction of semester system, the European Studies Programme or the biometric identification system. All of them have shared one thing in common: the thwarting of democratic debate on proposals for change, and the routine violation of regulatory protocols. The latest episode has been the eviction of students (2,000 students according to reports) from a number of hostels in Delhi University in order to make them available for the Commonwealth Games.
Sacrificing women’s rights to secure peace will leave us back where we were 10 years ago.
Beneath the veneer of protecting public morality lies a stricter policing of a woman’s morality, a control over her body and her sexuality. Within such a context Cat’s Eye wonders at which point a private consensual act impinges on considerations of public morality. Who should ultimately decide on the demarcation between the boundaries of public and private morality? With this in mind the earnestness shown by the Police to protect public morality require a careful reexamination in terms of what it means for women in Sri Lanka.
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