Anti-national Lessons being taught to Calicut Varsity Students
The article supports Mohammad Afzal and separatism in Kashmir
Opposition by BJP and patriotic organisations
An offence under sedition act should be registered against such a University. The Central Government should also find out why the action was not taken against Arundhathi Roy so far ?
Calicut (Kerala) – The Calicut University has included Arundhathi Roy’s ‘Come September’, an anti-national article in “Appreciating Prose”, the book compiled and edited by C.R. Murugan Babu and Prof. Abida Farooqi, in the syllabus for the Semester III of the students of BA (English Literature). The article is the modified print version of Roy’s speech in 2002 in the US.
(Courtesy: TIMES NOW)
- The introduction of the author by the compilers quotes her infamous and anti-national rhetoric that ‘hanging of Afzal Guru was a stain on Indian democracy’. They say that in 2008, she supported the cause of Kashmiri independence and saluted the unarmed struggle of the Kashmiris against the armed Indian military.
- BJP, ABVP and several nationalistic movements have protested against the anti-national stand of the university. A. Vinod Master, state president of Save Education Movement (SEM) and member of the National Monitoring Committee for Education said that the issue is serious and his organisation would intervene immediately. His organisation has already filed a complaint before the Union HRD Minister.
- BJP president K. Surendran has demanded legal action, for anti-national activities, against those who are responsible for this anti-national syllabus.
The BJP in Kerala has petitioned Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, seeking withdrawal of Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy’s ‘Come September’ speech of 2002 from Calicut University’s textbook for the BA English course.https://t.co/m23Zw7CPj5
— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) July 28, 2020