Without caring about the danger that he has invited to his personal security, he has shown the determination to raise Lucknow University out of the hopeless mess to which it had degenerated. If political parties think they can ride roughshod over the vice-chancellor by supporting the kind of rowdyism that has become the hallmark of Indian politics, they are mistaken.
People are tolerant of such politics because they have no option. As soon as they’ll have a healthier alternative they’ll reject the murkier elements.
The writer is a winner of the 2002 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership