Neighbourhood Lost: The End is Nigh for South Asian University
Sasanka Perera | 08 March 2025 | The Wire
On February 26, 2025, Yashada Sawant, an Indian student from the South Asian University (SAU) was publicly assaulted by Ratan Singh and a gang of goons with clear affiliations to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
The attackers’ grouse was that fish was being served on Maha Shivaratri and Sawant’s ‘crime’, as the university’s mess secretary, was trying to stop the fish curry from being thrown away by them.
This is when the assault ensued, with Sawant being punched in the face and inappropriately touched by these students, who are yet to be punished by the university. What’s more concerning is that the university does not have a good track record on women’s safety. …