#AmartyaSen did to #SubramanianSwamy exactly what he is opposing today

Prof. Amartya Sen Led the Ideological Persecution of Non-Left and Non-Congress Academics in India in 1960s-70s

It could be the joke of the year if one factors in the talk of AUTONOMY and ACADEMIC FREEDOM by the likes of #NobelLaureate Prof. Amartya Sen. Just a few examples:

1. A Harvard Associate Prof. ( Dr. Swamy) invited by a future Nobel Laureate
(Prof. Sen) to join as Professor at Delhi School of Economics(DSE), University of Delhi; but the offer is cancelled because the then PM Indira Gandhi found the Harvard man's economic views too liberal! Dr. Swamy had come to India having resigned from #Harvard and with full trust in the offer from Prof. Sen.

2. The same man(Dr. Swamy) is appointed Professor in IIT-Delhi with Dr. Manmohan Singh as an expert on the selection committee. And, this time the IIT-Professor is sacked on the same ground.

3. In late 1980s, one JNU Ph. D scholar(Mr. Shankar Sharan) revises his thesis ( Organizational Study of CPSU)  after his field visit to the then USSR. The thesis is rejected by his communist Ph. D Guide. It cost him a court case of 10 long years to get his Ph. D degree after the thesis submission!

It may be added that this Ph. D scholar was a CPI(Communist Party of India) whole timer and his revised thesis earned him the epithet od JAYCHAND of Muhammad  Ghauri-Prthviraj Chauhan fame!

4. Dr. Arun Shourie was denied appointment in JNU on the same ground as Dr. Swamy. He had some world bank connection and Ph.D from an American University! Today you can make a list of those  from JNU and serving multilateral agencies globally.
5. In West Bengal during CPI(M) regime, every new joinee (Lecturer) had to get clearance from the local party unit. No wonder, all Bengali students desirous of going back to Bengal as a lecturer in one of the State-run colleges/universities fell in the kitty of SFI ( Student Feferation of India), the student wing of CPI(M).

The real point of discussion should be:
How every regime since independence has engaged in IDEOLOGICAL PERSECUTION of ACADEMICS with opposing view points and how over the years this practice has stymied our so called great institutions.
The whole discussion reminds of the #AnimalFarm novel by #GeorgeOrwell.

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