From ‘Azadi’ to Biometrics—a New Wave of Protest Takes Shape at JNU
Sakshi Mehra | 22 February 2026 | The Print
Outside the Jawaharlal Nehru University School of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies, students have gathered—some sitting on the stairs, some standing, others cross-legged on the ground—to protest against the surveillance on students. A microphone on a stand is set up, cameras ready, as the open-air lecture by Jayati Ghosh, an economist and former JNU faculty, is about to begin…