LU Chronicles
Student organisations at the University of Lucknow have raised concerns regarding the sealing of Lal Baradari and have called for administrative clarification, disclosure of relevant documents, and an independent review of the matter. Some organisations have also demanded the resignation of the Registrar and registration of an FIR in connection […]
A coalition of student, youth, women, workers and civil society organisations- including AISA, AIPWA, AICCTU, BAPSA, BSM, CPI(ML) Liberation, Jan Sanskriti Manch, RYA, Rihai Manch, Socialist Party and Nationalist Youth Party- organised a protest march today from Parivartan Chowk to the District Magistrate’s office. According to organisers, the march was […]
The All India Students’ Association (AISA) has strongly criticised the manner in which the visit of RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat to the University of Lucknow was conducted, citing heavy police deployment, intelligence presence, and reported pre-emptive action against student leaders. According to AISA, a public university is a constitutional space […]
On 22 February, students at the University of Lucknow reported that Lal Baradari had been sealed. According to students present at the site, no executive order was displayed, no formal administrative notification was circulated, and no structural stability report was publicly produced at the time. The gates were welded shut, […]
Responding to a national student call to strengthen enforceable equity mechanisms in higher education, students of the University of Lucknow organized the “Samta Samvardhan March” on 13 February 2026. The march began from Gate No. 3 and was scheduled to proceed to Gate No. 1 of the University. The march […]
The tragedy of being human, I think, is that we are rarely satisfied with our own choices, no matter how carefully we make them. When I started college, I had imagined a very different life for myself. Like many others, I was not entirely content with the college I […]
“The repressed does not cease to exist; it merely changes its form.”-Sigmund Freud When you watch a movie like In the Mood for Love , it’s almost imperative you watch it with a notepad in your hand, because what might unfold in front of you is so hypnotic, you will […]
From Spanish folklore to Indian bedrooms, a handful of grapes tell a story of desire, imitation as well as the quiet hierarchies that travel with culture. A week before the new year, grapes begin to appear under tables. Not on fruit platters or as offerings, but as rituals –filmed carefully, […]