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India's university students are raising questions the state doesn't want to hear

Amid a timid media, weak political opposition, and restrictions on civil society, university campuses are among the only spaces left for dissent and debate.

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Students protest at JNU in 2016.

Students protest at JNU in 2016. PA Images/Saikat Paul. All rights reserved.

On a foggy morning in late February 2017, students from several colleges of Delhi University gathered at Ramjas College to attend a seminar called “Cultures of Protest.” Little did they know that violence from sections of right-wing student parties was around the corner.