03, Feb 2016

Anuradha Raman
NEW DELHI, February 3, 2016
The post comes in the wake of the suicide of research scholar Rohith Vemula and subsequent unrest in the University of Hyderabad.
A Facebook post by a student of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) here targeting Dalits has led to disquiet on the campus, with administrative authorities eager to hush up the matter as the institute prepares for its 48th convocation.
The post comes in the wake of the suicide of research scholar Rohith Vemula and subsequent unrest in the University of Hyderabad.
At IIMC, the chain of events started when three faculty members and students organised a protest to express solidarity with Vemula, who took the extreme step on January 17, and to mark the day with discussions on discrimination. On January 18, Utkarsh Singh, who is pursuing a diploma in Hindi journalism, lashed out at the group with his Facebook post containing derogatory and insulting remarks against the protesting students, a majority of whom belonged to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.