 Summary of this article
- Vice-Chancellor Alok Kumar Chakrawal's remarks for writer Manoj Rupda at Guru Ghasidas University in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, at a literary seminar have been criticised.
- From Sahitya Akademi's silence to the wider culture of getting on by getting along with the state, this episode hints at an erosion of intellectual autonomy.
- Failure to protest such wrongs shows how caste, hierarchy, and "respect of elders" mute dissent.
The discourteous behaviour displayed by Vice-Chancellor Alok Kumar Chakrawal towards the novelist and writer Manoj Rupda at Guru Ghasidas University in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, has rightly drawn condemnation from all sides. Vice-Chancellor Chakrawal was speaking at a seminar on the Hindi short story, organised by his university in collaboration with the Sahitya Akademi. |
