![]() ![]() On his experience at the Visva Bharati campus, Dasgupta said, “The V-C had invited me, as well as people with other points of view, to be part of a panel, but once again, they said they wouldn’t share a platform with me. I don’t deny anyone their right to protest,” Dasgupta added. I don’t find that point of view acceptable. Their perspective was that someone like me shouldn’t be given a platform at all. ![]() Those who raised slogans had grievances about Visva Bharati and their own issues with the V-C, of which I know very little… but he wasn’t at the session as the vice-chancellor, merely as someone who has written on a similar subject. Nothing happened, except that those who wanted to attend, even possibly debate the issue, had to be kept out. Speaking about the incident, Dasgupta said, “It wasn’t a major incident at all. The session was titled ‘Awakening Bharat Mata’ (the title of Dasgupta’s latest book). Dasgupta was speaking at Kalam 2020 along with Visva Bharati University Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty and Dr Kunal Sarkar. ![]()
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