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More than just an idea: More than just an idea: Symbols, icons, arguments, performances and dissent JNU

Here lie ideas, symbols, texts, icons, arguments, performances, visuals, relationships, convictions, ironies, humour... And dissent.

Undermining JNU, Jawaharlal Nehru University, may be a small act in the big history of our nation, and its long term significance may escape us. However, if we stepped back a bit from the flow of everyday politics and stepped into the history of the rise and fall of nations, we would soon discover the perils of this mindless act. JNU has a special place in the world of ideas. Looking at its last 50 years, we see a continuous workshop in progress where the modernist project of an independent India was being forged. JNU was the spawning ground for India's modernist imagination.

In the '70s, '80s and '90s, JNU acted as the magnet that drew those wanting to be a

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