Students and politics in India : Parochialization and policization in a national university
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"In brief, this study is divided into two parts. Part I traces the history of parochialization and politicization at BHU from pre-independence to the early postindependence years. Part II analyzes three cases of student agitations (1958, 1965, and 1968) to elaborate the themes of parochialization and politicization in BHU in recent years. The historical findings in Part I facilitate the comprehension of intra-mural and extramural political forces at work in BHU in recent years. This study hypothesizes that parochialization and politicization at BHU can be comprehended in terms of the following: 1. Hindu revivalism, a basis for the foundation of the University, led both to parochialization and politicization. Hindu groups, especially the RSS, are institutional manifestations of this process. 2 . The University has acted as a center for group politics centering around caste, language, and region. Political parties such as the Jana Sangh, SSP and CPI are involved, support their respective clients and thus use the University as a political platform. 3. Students are used as a pressure group by intra-mural groups and extra-mural political forces. The materials for Part I were drawn primarily from the documents relating to the founding and development of the University. The materials for Part II have been drawn mainly from newspapers, legislative debates, government reports, periodicals and books."--Page 20.
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