Wajiha Mehdi's guest appearances

Wajiha Mehdi

PhDivas

Hillary Clinton

Laura Boykin

Sarah Richardson

Jack Frost

Sara MacSorley

Alex Fitzpatrick

Paulette Williams

Xine Yao

Khairani Barokka

Sara Cannon

Bruce Leroy

Rumman Chowdhury

Michelle Tong

Rachel Kuo

Danielle Morgan

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The 1970 student massacre at Kent State is iconic in the United States and beyond. Days before the 2018 anniversary, at least 65 students at Aligarh Muslim University in India were brutalized by the police for peacefully protesting the police dismissal --  without charges -- of the armed Hindu nationalists who had threatened their campus. PhDiva Xine talks with Wajiha Mehdi (PhD student in Social Justice at UBC) to raise Western awareness of the protests in India by students, farmers, and many other parts of Indian society against state neoliberalism, Hindu nationalism, the abuse of the lower castes. Why has this barely been covered in Western media? What kinds of narratives make international headlines from a country like India or about Muslims?Photo (right) by Wajahat JilaniMore information here: http://thecompanion.in/amu-chalo-to-save-academia-from-hindutva-terror/

The 1970 student massacre at Kent State is iconic in the United States and beyond. Days before the 2018 anniversary, at least 65 students at Aligarh Muslim University in India were brutalized by the police for peacefully protesting the police dismissal --  without charges -- of the armed Hindu nationalists who had threatened their campus. PhDiva Xine talks with Wajiha Mehdi (PhD student in Social Justice at UBC) to raise Western awareness of the protests in India by students, farmers, and many other parts of Indian society against state neoliberalism, Hindu nationalism, the abuse of the lower castes. Why has this barely been covered in Western media? What kinds of narratives make international headlines from a country like India or about Muslims?<br><br>Photo (right) by Wajahat Jilani<br>More information here: <a href="http://thecompanion.in/amu-chalo-to-save-academia-from-hindutva-terror/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thecompanion.in/amu-chalo-to-save-academia-from-hindutva-terror/</a>

S04E10 | Who Cares About Violence Against Muslim Students? Wajiha Mehdi on Student Protests in India