The continuing harassment of Lucknow University’s Dalit teacher Ravi Kant dovetails into the author’s reading of a newly translated early 20th century Telugu text
Bullied by academic staff, barred from the university laboratory and even denied a chair, Deepa P Mohanan despaired of ever being able to finish her PhD as a low-caste Indian woman. But then she decided to fight back. Mohanan, who is researching on nanomedicine, became a poster girl for tens of thousands of fellow Dalit students when she went on hunger strike to protest
Chennai, India: Bullied by academic staff, barred from the university laboratory and even denied a chair, Deepa P. Mohanan despaired of ever being abl.