From ‘Nation First’ To ‘Brahmanvaad Zindabad’: Inside the Chaos at DU
Samarth Grover | 14 February 2026 | Newslaundry
On February 12, as students sat outside Delhi University’s Arts Faculty listening to anti-caste poetry and speeches, a bucket of water was hurled toward 73-year-old historian Irfan Habib. Minutes later, bricks came flying from inside the Arts Faculty.
Habib was speaking at the “People’s Literature Festival – Samta Utsav,” an All India Students’ Association (AISA)-led event held outside the Arts Faculty. It was organised in protest against the first-ever Delhi University Literature Festival (DULF) – a Ministry of Culture collaboration themed ‘Nation First: Unity in Diversity’ that ran from February 12–14….
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