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AISA Holds Conference in Lucknow, Elects New University Unit Leadership
The All India Students’ Association (AISA) conducted the organizational session of its 9th Lucknow University Unit Conference on 26 April and announced a new leadership team. Shantam Nidhi was elected President and Harsh as Secretary. Samar, Samvidha, and Ahmad were elected as Vice Presidents, while Sukirti, Satyam, Atul, and Ansh […]
Heteronormativity as a Historical and Social System
The claim that heterosexuality is “natural,” this essay argues, persists not because it is self-evident, but because it is continually reproduced as such. What often appears as common sense – that men and women are inherently different, that they are naturally drawn to each other, and that society is organized […]
Free Market as Travesty: A Historical Indictment of Market Fundamentalism
The idea that the free market is a natural, efficient, and self-regulating system is not a conclusion derived from history. It is an ideological claim sustained in spite of history. When examined across centuries and geographies, the empirical record does not show markets emerging from freedom, producing stability, or distributing […]
Protest Held in Lucknow Against Transgender Amendment Bill; Memorandum Submitted to President
Press Release Protest Held in Lucknow Against Transgender Amendment Bill; Memorandum Submitted to President Lucknow, March 29, 2026 A protest was held in Lucknow on Sunday against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026. Participants, including members of the queer community and other citizens, marched from Begum Hazrat […]
AISA Marks Martyrdom Day of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev at Lucknow University
On the 95th martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev, the All India Students’ Association (AISA) organized a programme at the University of Lucknow, where members paid tribute by garlanding statues of the three revolutionaries. According to the organization, the occasion was intended not only as an act of […]
Jan Sanskriti Manch Expresses Solidarity with Arts College Students, Raises Concerns Over Facilities and Administration
Jan Sanskriti Manch (JSM) has issued a statement expressing solidarity with students of the College of Arts and Crafts, University of Lucknow, who have been protesting over issues related to infrastructure, academic resources, and institutional functioning. In its statement, the organization said that the current condition of the college is […]
Students Allege Police Misconduct During “Samata March” in Lucknow
The “Samata March,” organized by students of the University of Lucknow demanding the implementation of UGC Equity Regulations and the enactment of the Rohith Act, was stopped by the administration at Gate No. 3 today. According to participating students, those attempting to march peacefully to the District Magistrate’s office to […]
Citizens protest at Parivartan Chowk seeking transparent investigation into death of 13-year-old Unaiz Khan
Lucknow | 11th March, 2026. Citizens, students, and representatives of several social organisations gathered today at Parivartan Chowk in Lucknow to hold a protest and call for what they described as a fair, transparent, and impartial investigation into the death of 13-year-old Unaiz Khan. Among those present at the protest […]
I Didn’t Know What to Feel
Tyeb Mehta, the Paintings That Distanced Me, and the Film That Brought Me Back The first time I saw a Tyeb Mehta painting, I was too young to know what I was looking at. It was at a virtual tour of an exhibition in Mumbai, some corporate gallery in a […]
Students Raise Concerns Over Lal Baradari Sealing; Seek Administrative Clarification and Review
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 […]
“No Order, No Report, Only Force”: Coalition Marches Seeking Transparency on Lal Baradari; Police Stop Protest Midway
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 […]
“Public Universities Cannot Be Turned into Platforms for Communal Ideology”
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 […]
Lal Baradari and the Manufacturing of Disorder
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, […]
Samta Samvardhan March at Lucknow University Blocked; Student Leaders Forcibly Detained as Students Join National Call for Enforceable Equity Framework
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 Quiet Loneliness of Second Year
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 Seduction that Never Happens : Cinematic Repression in “In the Mood for Love”
“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 […]
Under the Table: Across Borders
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, […]