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‘Midnight March’ by women students at DU’s Faculty of Arts

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New Delhi: Over 130 women students of Delhi University defied the curfew timings of their hostels and PG accommodations to join the Women’s March organised by the Students Federation of India (SFI) on April 1 midnight at the Faculty of Arts, a student and SFI activist Mehina said on Sunday.
“The march on April 1 midnight was aimed at reclaiming the night (hours) and the streets that were previously kept away from women, and to raise awareness about women’s safety,” she said.
According to Samaa, a member of SFI Delhi state committee, the Women’s Night March was organised entirely by women to give them a platform to voice their concerns and to empower them to take back their freedom to move around at night.

SFI Delhi University organised a Women’s Midnight March around Arts Faculty to reclaim the night & the streets that were previously kept away from women and to raise awareness about women’s safety around our University’s Campus. We stand with the resilience and strength of women pic.twitter.com/BTiclb6DlD
— SFI Delhi (@SfiDelhi) April 2, 2023
The march began with a rally around the Faculty of Arts at midnight, with participants singing songs to celebrate the strength and resilience of women, she added.
The women then gathered at the Faculty of Arts gate, where a range of cultural events were held to showcase the talents of female students and to promote unity and solidarity among women.
“The event was a resounding success and received widespread support from the Delhi University community,” the SFI said.
“As a progressive students organisation, we see the Women’s Night March as a testament to the resilience and strength of women in the DU, and the SFI hopes that the event will inspire more women to speak out against gender-based violence and work towards creating a safer and more inclusive society,” the SFI added.
“It is empowering to see women breaking curfew and reclaiming their right to move around at night. The Women’s Night March is a strong statement that women demand the right to live without fear and to occupy public spaces without any restrictions,” a woman student said.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 2, 2023
Salary-deprived professors of DU’s Maharaja Agrasen College polish shoes

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New Delhi: The professors of Maharaja Agrasen College affiliated to the Delhi University on Friday polished shoes on the footpath as a protest against the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government after not receiving their salaries for the last four months.
A large number of students also participated in the shoe-polishing demonstration.
The staff of Maharaja Agrasen college have been facing the problem of not receiving their salaries regularly.
The professors alleged that the ad hoc teachers at the college had not yet received the arrears of the Seventh Pay Commission.
Since the last three years, teachers had not received reimbursement of medical bills, payment of LTC facility and child education allowance.
Notably, 12 colleges affiliated to DU are fully funded by the Delhi government and all of them have been facing financial problems.
The professors said that there have been cases of shortfall and delay in receiving grants in these colleges in the last three years.
Professor PK Sharma said that the teachers and employees of Maharaja Agrasen College have not received their salaries since four months which has led to them facing financial problems, including inability to pay their children’s school fees and the loan EMIs.

Many staff and teachers faced the tragedy of family members falling ill during the pandemic and many cases of the staff seeking loans to perform the last rites of their deceased family members also came to light.
The professors of Maharaja Agrasen College faced the issue of not receiving their salaries in the pandemic too.
The teachers then took up the issue of irregular salaries with the principal of the college, the governing body of the college, the Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA), the vice-chancellor of Delhi University, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and the Delhi government but to no avail as no permanent solution has been found so far.
In this situation, the teachers have now decided to agitate in new and innovative ways to ensure that the government takes concrete steps in the matter.
The teachers have demanded regular salary every month.
In the demonstration, the professors polished the footwear of the people and their students on the road outside the college and mobilised support.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 27, 2023
BBC documentary: Student’s outfit calls for screening in DU’s North Campus

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New Delhi: A few days following a ruckus over its screenings at JNU and Jamia Millia Islamia, a student outfit has given a call for holding the screening of the controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Godhra riots at Delhi University.
The Bhim Army Student Federation has said that it will hold the screening at 5 pm outside the Arts Faculty in the North Campus of the University of Delhi (DU).
The administration has already denied permission for the event.
Meanwhile, the Congress-affiliated National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) has announced to hold the screening at 4 pm in North Campus and the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) at 1 pm on the Ambedkar University Kashmere Gate campus.
The government had recently directed social media platforms to block links to the documentary titled “India: The Modi Question” with the External Affairs Ministry trashing it as a “propaganda piece” that lacks objectivity and reflects a colonial mindset.
The Jamia Millia Islamia on Wednesday became the center of a kerfuffle after SFI’s plans to organize the screening of the documentary were thwarted by the varsity and the police.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) witnessed a ruckus and protests over the screening of the same on Tuesday.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 27, 2023