Reviewing emeritus status a bid to show regime’s muscle: Romila Thapar | India News, The Indian Express

Reviewing emeritus status a bid to show regime’s muscle: Romila Thapar | India News, The Indian Express

Written by Seema Chishti |New Delhi |Updated: September 8, 2019 7:31:19 am

Reviewing emeritus status a bid to show regime’s muscle: Romila Thapar

Romila Thapar speaks about the row over JNU asking for her CV to review her Professor Emeritus status, laments the state of the university, talks of a “creeping fear” among people in asserting their rights, and says history is more complex than just a past narrative.

‘We are being encouraged to be anti-thinking, anti-academic.’ (Express photo: Tashi Tobgyal)

In an interview to The Indian Express, historian ROMILA THAPAR speaks about the row over JNU asking for her CV to review her Professor Emeritus status, laments the state of the university, talks of a “creeping fear” among people in asserting their rights, and says history is more complex than just a past narrative.