Students Stage Massive Protests Against UGC Regulation 2026 Across the State

Civility of Grief: Two Mothers, the UGC, and Elite Revolt Against Dignity

There is a parable in the Bible called the ‘Tower of Babel’. Humans decide to create a tower that would reach heaven. God realises that if all humans spoke the same language, they would be able to achieve their goal. He introduces many languages to cause 'babel' - the Hebrew word for confusion. Humans, unable to communicate, lose their way, and fail in creating the tower.Two mothers - Radhika Vemula and Abeda Salim Tadvi - channelled their decad…

Students stage massive protests against UGC regulation 2026 across the state

Protests erupted across Uttar Pradesh for the second day against new UGC regulations mandating equity committees in higher education. Students and lawyers voiced concerns that the rules, requiring OBC, SC, and ST members, are divisive and could be misused. Demonstrators demanded an immediate ...

UGC Equity Regulations Protests And The Myth Of Upper-Caste Victimhood

What these rules attempt to do is not to tilt the playing field but to acknowledge that it has never been level to begin with

UGC Equality Rules 2026: Social Justice or State Enforced Fear?

The UGC’s Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026 is being projected as a moral correction to caste discrimination on campuses. In reality, it represents something far more consequential. It is a centralisation of power inside universities, backed by punishment, surveillance, and political signalling.There is no denying that caste discrimination exists and failure was enforcement. The 2012 rules were weak and large…

Delhi University students protest against new UGC regulations

New Delhi, Jan 28 (PTI) Protests against the newly notified UGC Equity Regulations 2026 spread to Delhi University on Wednesday, with at least 50 students gathered near the arts faculty in the north campus to demand a "complete rollback" of the rules.The protesting students submitted a memorandum to the DU proctor's office, calling the UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, "biased and divisive" and allegin…