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To Hyderabad and Back: A Student Journalist's Hard Lessons in India
By Riane Menardi - Politics DailySix months ago I had no idea how to hail a rickshaw, when to eat curry with my hands, or that a 2-rupee coin is engraved with a peace sign. I didn't know that every Indian state speaks its own language, and I certainly didn't know anything about Indian politics, education, or culture. I went to India for a four-month study abroad program in Hyderabad (a city of 6 million in the heart of South India) to study sociology and culture, both in and out of the classroom. As a journalism major, I also wanted to improve my writing and reporting skills, but I had no idea that I would have a chance to ...
Telangana Protests, Student Suicides Increase in Hyderabad During Budget Sessions
By Riane Menardi - Politics DailyRiane Menardi is reporting for The Cram while studying abroad at the University of Hyderabad in India. Click here to read her coverage of the Telangana state movement. Fresh agitation from pro-Telangana protesters last Saturday brought Hyderabad to a standstill. Students from Osmania University organized a march to the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly on the first day of its budget session, demanding the resignation of Telangana legislators. To pre-empt the protest, more than 20,000 police officers set up barricades across the city. For more than 10 hours, armed forces closed roads, blocked ...
Telangana State Movement: Student Suicide Sparks Protest, Boycott in India
By Riane Menardi - Politics DailyRiane Menardi is reporting for The Cram while studying abroad in Hyderabad, India. Click here to read her first piece on the Telangana state movement. HYDERABAD, India -- Hundreds of college students boycotted classes and forced businesses and transportation to shut down for about 48 hours last week after a fellow activist in the Telangana separatist movement committed suicide. When Osmania University students refused to let K. Venugopal Reddy's body be cremated, police responded with tear gas and batons, and several students and police officers were injured. This latest wave of unrest ...
Telangana State Controversy: Indian University Students Take Up the Fight
By Riane Menardi - Politics DailyHYDERABAD, India -- In the middle of the University of Hyderabad's expansive campus is a large, haphazard tent, pitched precariously with sticks and rope. On a weekday afternoon, about 25 graduate students sit cross-legged on a dirty rug, talking among themselves. They shoot challenging glances at passers-by, half daring, half inviting them to come inside. They're protesting, and they want the world to know it. These students, members of the Joint Action Committee, want only one thing -- the creation of a new state in south India called Telangana. They've been on a "relay fast" for over a ...
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