‘Be with Us Again, in Freedom, Sharjeel and Umar’: A JNU Teacher’s Message for Her Jailed Students

‘Be with us again, in freedom, Sharjeel and Umar’: A JNU teacher’s message for her jailed students

Can we fault Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, Natasha Narwal or Devangana Kalita for dreaming of a better world than the one our generation had left them?

Prof Nair: Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid Aren’t Bomb-throwing Revolutionaries

In a widely shared Facebook post, retired JNU professor Janaki Nair expresses anguish over the continued incarceration of the student activists NEW DELHI — A strong and emotional Facebook post by retired Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) professor and noted historian Janaki Nair has gone viral after she criticised the Supreme Court’s refusal to grant bail to student activists Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid. Both Imam and Khalid, former JNU studen…

A teacher's testimony: Prof. Janaki Nair on denial of bail to two of her students, Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid

A renowned historian and retired professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Janaki Nair, wrote a powerful piece on Facebook expressing her anger after two of her former students, anti-CAA activists Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid, were denied bail by the Supreme Court of India on Monday in a UAPA case related to the alleged Delhi violence conspiracy. Read the full piece here: As a modern Indian historian, I am accustomed to reading the records prod…