The Zine of the MoC Exhibition
The following themes are contained in this zine: #1 Emergency, #2 Hindu nationalism, #3 Reservations, #4 Liberalization, #5 Gender, #6 Caste, #7 Dissent. Designed by Shemal Pandya and printed on A1 paper, it guides…
Category: India
Student Politics from the Lens of Indian Cinema
Student and youth politics do not only inform the everyday life of campuses, they also engross the imagination of filmmakers who reflect on the broader significance of their involvement in public life. Bhasmang Joshi…
MoC Exhibition: All You Need to See
The Memories of Change Exhibition was inaugurated on 6th November 2019. Student activists, researchers, politics enthusiasts and several others joined us for an evening of stimulating conversations, diving deep into the legacies…
Interview with Mithilesh Kumar
Mithilesh Kumar is a second year Bachelor’s student at the Banaras Hindu University where he actively engages in student politics. He participated in the movement against sexual harassment on campus, demanding to make BHU…
Interview with Tahir Jamal
Tahir Jamal is a PhD student at Hyderabad Central University. He is a student activist fighting for minority rights and played at active role in the Dalit rights movement in the aftermath of Rohit Vemula…
Interview with Ram Dutt Tripathi
Ram Dutt Tripathi graduated from Allahabad University. He shares his experience of being a student during the Emergency of 1975. This material is exhibited as part of the Memories of Change exhibition.
Interview with Nivedita Menon
Nivedita Menon is a feminist writer and activist. She’s currently a professor of political thought at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. This material is exhibited as part of the Memories of Change exhibition.
Interview with Gourab Ghosh
Gaurab Ghosh is a queer rights activist and was an active queer rights advocate during his time as a student at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. This material is exhibited as part of the Memories of Change exhibition.
Interview with Dhiren Borisa
Dhiren Borisa is a poet, activist and urban sexual geographer who speaks on the issues of being a Dalit Queer in India. He is the first person to complete his PhD on ‘geographies of sexualities…
Interview with Kavita Krishnan
Kavita Krishnan is member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI-ML) and serves as the General Secretary of All India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA). She has been an activist a right from her…
Interview with Praveen Thallappeli
Praveen Thallapelli is a former activist of the Telangana National Movement. When he joined JNU he integrated BAPSA and became their Presidential Candidate in the JNUSU Elections. This material is exhibited as part…
Interview with Jignesh Mewani
Jignesh Mevani led the Dalit protests in Gujarat in the aftermath of the Anti-Dalit attack in Una, Gujarat in 2016. This material is exhibited as part of the Memories of Change exhibition.
Interview with Vijoo Krishnan
Vijoo Krishnan is a farmers’ rights activist serving as the Joint Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha. He is also the Head of Department at St. Joseph’s College, Bengaluru and a former…
Interview with Ram Bahadur
Ram Bahadur is former ABVP activist at Banaras Hindu University. He actively opposed Indira Gandhi during the Emergency. Currently, he’s the President of National Centre for the Arts. This material is exhibited as…
Interview With Dontha Prashanth
Dontha Prashant is a PhD scholar in Economics at the Central University of Hyderabad (HCU). He was one of the five Dalit PhD scholars from HCU, including Rohith Vemula who was suspended in…