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Saving JNU and Democracy

JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University)  , is one of the most prominent universities of India. It has been in the news for a long time due to everything except academics.  JNU claims it is a leading university.  For the enormous resources lavished on setting up and maintaining JNU critics point out, it has precious little positive outcomes to show for it. JNU has however distinguished itself by becoming a breeding centre for anti Indian establishment political thought and action. JNU is just an extreme example of what has become of India's premier educational institutes. How did JNU acquire this dubious distinction? In every general election, the communist political parties invariably won parliamentary seats that were not huge in number, but significant enough for the communists to make or break coalition governments. In essence the tail wagged the dog. However unlike most political parties the communists play for the long term. Misplaced as it may be, the communists are i