Trigger warning: Mentions of casteist abuse and suicide
In April 2021, videos surfaced on the internet that showed Seema Singh, an associate professor at IIT Kharagpur, hurling abuses at students of marginalised castes and/or with physical disabilities during an online class. Her tirade was allegedly a response to a student not standing up for the national anthem and not saying “
Bharatmata ki jai“.
Another video shows Singh responding publicly to a student’s email asking for a few days’ leave after her grandfather had succumbed to COVID-19. In her response, Singh calls the request an example of “non-application of the human mind”, among other things.
‘Not scared of Corona’: Supporters at Modi and Mamata’s massive rallies in Bengal
‘Not scared of Corona’: Supporters at Modi and Mamata’s massive rallies in Bengal
Are the supporters thronging the massive political rallies in Bengal not afraid of the coronavirus? IndiaToday.in spoke to those who attended these two huge election rallies, held by the biggest leaders of the TMC and the BJP, respectively. Here s what they had to say
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UPDATED: April 19, 2021 16:00 IST
TMC worker Anjali Pal dances at Mamata Banerjee’s roadshow in Kolkata on April 18, without even a mask on.
Anjali Pal, a 40-year-old masseuse and Trinamool Congress worker, is dancing away to glory at a massively crowded roadshow led by party chief and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in the heart of south Kolkata on April 18. Anjali doesn’t even have a mask on.