One year post Rohith Vemula: A look at what the UoH scholar stood for
One year after his death, here's a look at Rohith Vemula's powerful updates on Facebook raising his voice against all kinds of discrimination.
Read excerpts from '#Caste Is Not a Rumour: The Online Diary of Rohith Vemula' www.juggernaut.in/books/dee262f4f9aa453d956cb0727844f6cc, edited by Nikhila Henry, exclusively available on www.juggernaut.in
December 29, 2012: On the death of Delhi gang-rape victim Jyoti Singh 'Nirbhaya'
Radhika Vemula, Rohith's mother, takes part in a candle light march, along with students, demanding justice for her son, at India Gate in New Delhi. (File Photo | PTI)
April 14, 2013: On B R Ambedkar's birth anniversary
Rohith Vemula's mother Radhika addressing a protest rally over her son's suicide at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. (File Photo | PTI)
December 8, 2013: On the need for a revolution
Members of various students organisations raising slogans during a protest march to express solidarity for Rohith Vemula in New Delhi. (File Photo | EPS)
October 27, 2014: On the amazing creation of humans
Rohith Vemula's mother Radhika with Prasanth Dontha, a student expelled from Hyderabad University, at a press conference in New Delhi. (File Photo | PTI)
March 28, 2015: On the ‘Sukoon and Babasaheb’ poster by ABVP
NSUI activists shouting slogans during their protest against the suicide of PhD Scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad, in New Delhi. (File Photo | EPS)
July 22, 2015: On the rape and murder of Dalit women
Protest rally held demanding justice for Rohith Vemula. (File Photo | PTI)
November 27, 2015: On ASA’s win in Pondicherry University –Ed.
Members of Progressive Students Union staging a demonstration condemning the abetting the suicide of University of Hyderabad research Scholar Rohith Vemula, in Kallakurichi. (File Photo | EPS)
March 31, 2014: On socialism and revisionism
Student artistes make a clay model of the research scholar Rohith Vemula at Hyderabad University in Hyderabad. (File Photo | PTI)
May 18, 2015: On Rohingyas and the Burmese government
Students paint a placard seeking justice for Rohith Vemula (File Photo)
