‘India illegally occupies Kashmir’, ‘manhoos desh’: JNU leftist Nivedita Menon faces demands to cancel Udaipur lecture over past remarks

‘India illegally occupies Kashmir’, ‘manhoos desh’: JNU leftist Nivedita Menon faces demands to cancel Udaipur lecture over past remarks

Former JNU professor Nivedita Menon has repeatedly courted controversy over her views on Kashmir, nationalism, Hindu society, the Uniform Civil Code and the political climate in India. Now, one of those controversies has followed her to Udaipur. A coalition of civil society groups in the Rajasthan city has demanded that the Rama Mehta Trust cancel Menon’s scheduled Rama Mehta Memorial Lecture at the Vidya Bhavan Auditorium. The groups held a pre…

Nivedita Menon Udaipur Lecture Sparks Protest Over Kashmir and India Remarks

Former Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Nivedita Menon has become the centre of a fresh controversy in Rajasthan after a group of civil society organisations in Udaipur demanded cancellation of her proposed Rama Mehta Memorial Lecture, citing her past comments on Kashmir, nationalism, religion and Indian institutions. The groups held a press conference on September 19 […]