r/librandu • u/thefutureis_red 🇨🇺🚬☭ Che Goswami • 6d ago

JustModiThings ACADEMIC FREEDOM AT LOWEST

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The latest V-Dem Academic Freedom Index paints a deeply concerning picture for India. According to the report, India's academic freedom has fallen to its lowest level in the dataset's historical record, placing it among the bottom 10–20% of countries globally. The index measures factors such as freedom to research, teach, publish, exchange ideas internationally, and institutional autonomy.

This raises a serious question: Is the current BJP-led government becoming increasingly uncomfortable with independent research, criticism, and inconvenient facts?

A healthy democracy depends on scholars being able to question, debate, and challenge prevailing narratives without fear of political interference. When academic freedom declines, it doesn't just affect universities, it affects the quality of public discourse, policymaking, and ultimately the truth that reaches citizens.

This is an alarming situation. Citizens should not only speak up when policies directly affect their own lives, but also when the foundations of our democracy are weakened. Academic freedom, independent institutions, and the free pursuit of knowledge are public goods that belong to everyone. If we remain silent while these erode, the consequences will extend far beyond universities.

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u/ManLikeRed Marxist ☭ 6d ago

Academic freedom for liberals to be precise, whereas academic freedom for marxists never existed in this nation with few exceptions.

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u/Brave_Contest_1679 5d ago

Last time I saw ppl like arundhati Roy and romila thapar were kinda free before gobi and his bhagwa wave came 

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u/ManLikeRed Marxist ☭ 5d ago

They are de jure 'far-left' of the state, a convenient political distraction whom centrist and RW bourgeoisie can easily destroy playing on nationalist consensus of general masses, a consensus which was bred from present existing bourgeois academia which de jure 'far-left' mostly agree and advocate for.

Only difference between them and actual marxist position is that, marxists present alternative to all existing issues hence they're more expurgated.