Book review: Gaurav J. Pathania, The University as a Site of Resistance: Identity and Student Politics

Kalyani, K (2022) Book review: Gaurav J. Pathania, The University as a Site of Resistance: Identity and Student Politics. Contemporary Voice of Dalit, 14 (2).

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The book is an interesting read as it has explored the many facets of social movement that had led to the formation of Telangana state. The book has tried to explore the ways in which Osmania University (OU) became a site of resistance for the formation of Telangana state. Pathania has traced the history of this struggle back from 1968, when the Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers’ Association raised the issue of ‘Telangana Safeguards’ in jobs for indigenous Telangana people, who were often left out in jobs when compared to the Andhras. The issue was taken up by the OU students Union to rethink about indigenous identity that was compromised in the state of Andhra Pradesh. There was a realization of asserting for ‘Telangana’ identity through gaining a political mileage. Eventually, it was through the activism of student’s politics that, in 1969, Telangana Praja Samithi (TPS) was formed. The book has explored different political facets of the Telangana movement that was rooted within the student’s politics. The university spaces, one like OU, became an active stage for students’ politics. The political narrative developed in these university spaces got echoed in mainstream politics as well.

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