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Here are ten examples of graffiti for social causes, from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus, New Delhi.
When art speaks for change, the result is overwhelming. Here are ten fabulous examples of campus graffiti for social causes, at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
Graffiti – the art of writing/painting on walls – is not yet a big concept in India, though one can see many new young artists picking up from their counterparts in the West, and gearing up for Street Art festivals. Jawaharlal Nehru University, one of the most politically active universities based in New Delhi, follows the tradition of graffiti since ages.
One can find wall art everywhere, ranging from hostel canteens to the university library to various departments. Every inch of JNU walls scream art and highlight social issues which vary from price rise to gender rights, from Naxal politics to international issues such as occupation of Palestine and rise of the global left. The wall art also serves as a running commentary on current affairs in the country and the world. To see and know more about artwork in JNU, check out this page .
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My house-help asked excitedly, “I am going for wedding. Can you let me wear your red & black saree? To be honest I was stumped for a moment; I didn’t know what to say but I still said yes.
I lent a gorgeous saree to my house-help for a wedding in her family. Soon I stated getting questions if I would wear that saree again or if I was okay to be seen wearing the same saree my house-help was wearing?
We are all so conditioned to give our used clothes to our house-helps but are we okay to wear the clothes they were wearing?
A few days ago she came excitedly to me, “I am going for a family wedding. I want to wear your red & black saree, Ill wash and give it to you after the function. Please can you let me wear it?”
Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum (SISP) is an ode to all of the lost women, who could have been sports stars, singers, bankers, lawyers, doctors, just... happy, if they hadn't been enslaved in matrimony, and then forgotten all about.
One of the cool things about my mother was that she was an ace athlete and a champion sculler as a young woman in the 1950s and 60s. I only found out about this side of her a few years ago. I imagine her in a paavaadai dhaavani, taking on the mighty Kaveri river so many decades ago.
I recently watched a Tamil film anthology on SonyLiv that she would have liked to watch – Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum, (SISP) that has 3 stories of 3 different women – Saraswathi, Devaki, and Shivaranjini.
Like all the heroines in the anthology, my mother’s talents were sacrificed at the altar of matrimony. She pawned her gold medals and silver cups one by one to pay for expensive textbooks for us or a gift for a niece on her wedding, money for which she didn’t dare ask my father, because it was her niece… I remember how she caressed the cups and how her face hardened as she shoved them into her bag to take to the jewellers.
After JNU, students of Jyoti Niwas College in Bangalore were threatened by BJP supporters. A video of the incident went viral on Twitter. Here is what happened.
Threatening students, forcing them to support the hegemony sadly has become the reality of our country. But we won’t keep quiet any more. Voices emerging from JNU Delhi to Jyoti Niwas College Bangalore are the proof of this revolution.
The Citizenship Amendment Act was passed by Parliament last week. It is arguably the most divisive and polarising legislation in the history of India. The Act divided the country into two – those in support and those against.
Along with the fees hike, there are other questions from the perspective of women students which need answers in the context of JNU impasse situation.
“We know that the prospects back home for many of us are worse than lathi-charge on us. JNU has been a level playing field for the dreams of several rural and underprivileged women. And so, every single woman on the campus is ready to go out and support this movement.” Tanya, a JNU PhD student, first woman PhD scholar from her village in Dadri, UP.
The ongoing protest against the fees hike at JNU has caught everyone’s attention. While the fees hike has been the primary area of debate, there have been several developments in the recent past, which are detrimental to the higher education of women students. For a university identified worldwide for its inclusivity, these changes can prove suicidal. These will not just assassinate its character but will also put a question mark on the dreams of many young women. Majority of these women are first-generation higher education seekers, for whom the university has been a haven protecting them from becoming a victim to the patriarchal norms.