What Explains the Crackdown in India When it Comes to Speaking Out on Gaza?
Marcy Newman | 29 November 2023 | The Wire
Destroyed buildings in Gaza. Photo: X/@UNRWA
Picture this: a professor invites a guest lecturer to her class to screen a documentary by a Jewish-Israeli filmmaker about a theatre for refugee children that his Jewish mother co-founded. But a group of students complain, saying that the film glorifies Hamas. Or imagine this scenario: a professor discusses the similarities and differences between Hindutva and Zionism. Again, there are complaints. This time it’s from the Israeli embassy.
Both episodes are familiar because they happen regularly in places like the United States. But each of the above-mentioned incidents happened in India – the first at IIT Bombay and the second at OP Jindal University.