To counter 'Tukde-Tukde' narrative, JNU Teachers Association organises festival

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association has organised a fourday festival to thwart the willful attempts to misrepresent the varsity and exhibit the real face and values of the institutionThe aim of the fourday festival MOSAIC JudteJudte unite JNU is to counter the TukdeTukde narrative JNUTA Secretary Suchairta Sen told PTIThe festival that began on Thursday will have a campus walk theatre performances open mic academic discussion and a food festival she saidAlso readBEST rolls out premium bus service on Mumbai AirportKharghar routeThe name itself gives out the message Mosaic means a collection of images made up of small regular or irregular pieces A narrative was set for several years about the image of JNU asTukde Tukde gang That is why we have used this name Sen explainedJNU has been going through challenging times for the past few years There have been willful attempts to misrepresent JNU and the values the university community stands for have been tarnished in the public domain ironically at a time when the university has continued to top the list of higher educational institutions in the country by its outstanding performance in teaching and research she notedThe depletion in JNUs vibrant campus life was exacerbated by the pandemic which led to a very long lockdown of the campus JNUTA Secretary highlightedAs the campus is now slowly returning to its full strength with the admission of students to various programmes this year its time to restore its vibrant energies The festival will show the real face of the university she remarkedA plethora of events have been planned over the fourday period where prominent people will come to deliver the message of diversity solidarity and empathy which are the foundation of the university informed SenThis festival celebrates the spirit of this university with qualities of diversity solidarity empathy being foundational in making the university community exist within and outside the campus she saidInforming about the festival events Sen said that JNUTA has planned many programmes involving topics like genders the evolution of JNU diversification and inclusivityAs per the itinerary shared by JNUTA on Thursday there will be a discussion on Feminist perspectives Home Work LawEconomist Jayati Ghosh Professor and writer Nivedita Menon and lawyer Vrinda Grover will share their views on the issueWe will have academic sessions each morning with eminent scholars who have played a crucial role in creating the academic environment of this university followed by cultural activities in the evening Sen informedEach day we will have activities that celebrate the cherished spaces of the JNU campus the walks through its uniquely beautiful nature scape the Dhaba culture a Food Festival on Jhelum Lawns the FilmShows and discussions Concerts and Performances she addedOver the period of four days there will be discussions led by Author Zoya Hasan Historian Romila Thapar scientist Ramakrishna Ramaswamy and Journalist Ravish KumarThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever