Aheli Chowdhary's interview with M Sharma

Aheli Chowdhary's interview with M Sharma

He is not a student, but plays a critical role in formation of the Joint Action Committee (JAC), linking the suspended students to Prashant Bhushan who files a PIL in Supreme Court against the suspension. Over a period of 2 years, he actively shapes the different activities and issues that the students take up. He was plays a critical role in linking these students to the national media and media actors, like Rajdeep Sardesai, Barkha Dutta and others, which later helps in getting the movement the media attention. He was attacked during the lathicharge and was badly injured. In his interview he maps the entire trajectory of how the movement developed over two years or so.

20/3/2018

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