Student Struggle In The 80s-90s: Talking To Nilotpal Basu
Nilotpal Basu was General Secretary of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) from 1986 to 1993.
Read MoreNilotpal Basu was General Secretary of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) from 1986 to 1993.
Read MoreThe first half of the seventies was dominated by the national liberation struggle in South Vietnam.
Read MoreSitaram Yechury was the Editor of Student Struggle from 1980 to 1986, the longest serving Editor of the journal so far.
Read MoreBasu served as the first ever Editor of Student Struggle in 1973.
Read MoreI belong to the generation whose student life ended before the birth of the Student Federation.
Read MoreI was born and raised in Azhiyur, a village in Vadakara, at the northern tip of Kerala’s Kozhikode district.
Read More“The real figures of those receiving even the limited four years of primary education… is 22 lakhs, i.e 0.8 per cent of the population… The number of students in universities and higher educational institutions in British India in 1934-35 was 1,09,800 or 0.4 per thousand of the total population…. The total number graduating in engineering, agriculture and commerce in India in 1934-35 was 960…” (R. Palme Dutt, India Today)
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