Local vocal - Biography of a university

A book attempts to debunk `myths' about JNU If you are among the many who think Jawaharlal Nehru University is a leftist institution, here's a new book that attempts to change this and several others perceptions. Authored by a JNU academic, the book tries to chart an intellectual and political history of the university set up in 1969. "Different people have their opinions about the university and sev eral labels have been attached to it. The purpose of the book was to try to debunk some of the notions about the institution," says Rakesh Batabyal, author of JNU: The Making of a University, an alumnus now working at the Academic Staff College and the Centre for Media Studies on campus.
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