Anand Azaad

“Replacing the silent suffering of the masses by the spirit of a revolutionary uprising against injustice” was the thought deep in our souls when the year began. We knew that this year would be an all-out battle to actually witness the student movement that we have dreamed of all this three years. We could not visualize the way to go ahead even after series of discussions in the beginning of the year itself. We knew that after two years of efforts, our team was full of passion and diversity. We were very glad by the additional strength that we gained by the new entrants. Aman, first year student and a technocrat powered our social media presence. Ashish, who had friends in each department, had deepened our roots in the college. Jagdeep would bring in the aggression and enthusiasm that we always needed. And lastly, after two years of discussion and deliberation, Kapil had finally decided to work with the organization. We all had a challenge in front of us. But none except us would let ...

Kedar Deshpande, Raisoni college student and ABVP activist narrates his experience of building ABVP unit in Raisoni Campus      It was one of the initial days of my third year engineering that few students on bikes entered our college and started shouting slogans. I thought it must be some nuisance-creators representing a political party. With the flags, I got to know that this was an ABVP rally. I had little knowledge about the organization, but wished to join the organization to fulfill my wish of being part of social activism. I approached them and instantly was part of their rally inside the college. The rally was followed by college unit declaration and Mahesh was declared as the College Incharge. I tried to meet and interact with him, but could get the chance as he was surrounded by other ABVP activists. My room-partner was classmate of another ABVP activist, and this is how I met Anand.  He took my contact details and informed me that he will meet me...

     Coffee shop, is the place where the first ABVP meeting was scheduled at 4pm. Two second year engineering students, me and Mahesh, were working hard to inform other students. Mahesh had an experience of ABVP activism in his diploma college in Beed. I had completed just one year working as an ABVP activist. My previous college, AISSMS Polytechnic was not a smooth experience for me building an ABVP unit there, as multiple experiments failed. I was nervous about starting ABVP activities in Raisoni Campus as it had no previous history of ABVP work and it was situated 15km away from the central city, where most of the ABVP strength was concentrated. Luckily, I met Mahesh and we decided to call a meeting to introduce ABVP to other students. We both were working hard to inform as many students as possible. Open campaign did not seem to be feasible to us as the college management had banned student organizations due to repeated nuisance from MNVS and NSUI. Along with th...

Prof. Chintu Bose, academic tycoon and honorable director of a prestigious institute of Pune at the age of just 27, explains us 7 logical reasons supporting no student council elections in Maharashtra. 1. Less Activism - Maximum Profit! (This economic expression was taught to me by my beloved father)     The only dharma of students (read slaves) is to pay whatever fees there college trustees (read masters) prescribe. Speaking frankly, we have a business to run, where for profit maximization, expenditure has to be kept low. So sometimes, some of the professors, laboratories, class-rooms or the entire building shown in the prospectus could go missing, but students are our children and very well understand our limitation! They never would complain if this student council elections would never take place. 2. Student Organizations would remain out of campus You know, this filthy student organization should be banned in India! They expose our crores of corruption and minim...