Asked by O.P. Jindal University to 'Express Regret,' Achin Vanaik Stands by Lecture on Palestine
The Wire Staff | 20 November 2023 | The Wire
New Delhi: Critically acclaimed writer and former Delhi University professor Achin Vanaik, whose recent lecture on Palestine at O.P. Jindal University got mired in controversy, has said that he stands by his lecture.
The Haryana-based private university had asked Vanaik to “express regret” over his remarks during a closed lecture titled ‘The History and Politics of the Palestinian Present’ held on November 1. Vanaik told the Hindu that he had informed the university he stood by what he had said in the lecture, and regretted its misinterpretation and the confusion that had arisen as a result.