Teachers support Gurmehar

new delhi — Even as she announced her withdrawal from the anti-ABVP campaign, Lady Shri Ram College student Gurmehar Kaur on Tuesday got the unequivocal support of her teachers.

“We unequivocally and strongly support our student Gurmehar Kaur and her right to express her opinion on issues that embroil our university,” faculty members of the English Department said in a statement.

“It is immensely gratifying to us as her teachers that she has responded sensitively, creatively and bravely to events in her immediate context rather than seek the safe refuge of silence.

“We feel it is the bounden duty of educational institutions to nurture sensitive, responsive and critical thinking students without the fear of violent retaliation,” they said.

Lauding the 20-year-old Kaur for fulfilling her duty as an Indian citizen, the faculty members slammed cricketer Virender Sehwag and actor Randeep Hooda for ridiculing her. —

We feel it is the bounden duty of educational institutions to nurture sensitive, responsive and critical thinking students without the fear of violent retaliation Faculty members, English Department