Editorial, December 2018
Student Struggle Editorial Team
All the condition for bringing this struggle to a head are not ripening as quickly as some of us would hope- but those conditions are ripening and gathering head unswervingly. And the little beginning of little academic conflicts is a great beginning, for after it- if not today then tomorrow, if not tomorrow then the day after- will follow big continuations.
— Vladimir Lenin
The recently concluded 16th All India Conference of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, has put more responsibilities to the shoulders of the student movement in the country. In two years, our movement will mark its 50th year since formation. The organisation has had a glorious history of student struggles, and will witness more uprisings in the coming days.
Following the Shimla conference, determined to carry forward the campaigns and battles for a better society and education system, the ‘Harmony over Hatred’ campaign has spread across the country. The campaign, started in the memory of Babasaheb Ambedkar on his death anniversary, also marks the anniversary of the demolition of Babri Masjid, the darkest chapter in Indian democracy.
Every time the secular fabric of the country has been attacked, Ambedkar’s vision on democracy too gets murdered a thousand times. So, each step we put forward in defence of our democracy and constitutional values becomes a tribute to him and an attempt to keep his ideas alive.
Democracy remains an unfinished task as long as equality in all forms has not been achieved. The movement we SFI has launched for better fellowships for all students and special initiatives for students from deprived sections contribute to larger struggles for a better democracy.
The farmers of this country marched to the Parliament once again, reminding the nation whom it belongs to. What would have happened to the children of more than three lakh farmers who committed suicide over the past three decades? What would have happened to the children of those farmers who were hit by the drastic drought? Why are the issues of farmers different from ours? Yes, we do march with them for a better country. Their existence is our existence, therefore, their struggles too.
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