Hyderabad: In a twist in the ongoing protest, prominent writers started sitting on hunger strike in UoH along with students. As six students were shifted to a health centre, famous author Meena Kandaswami sat on hunger strike on Wednesday. Talking to DC she said that more civil rights activists and writers should come forward for hunger strike.
“The Modi government has not taken the students’ protest against caste discrimination seriously. This issue is not just the matter of campuses, but of the outside world as well. Caste is the extreme form of discrimination. So the writers should come forward, like they did in the intolerance debate, to join the students,” she said.
“The civil society of the country also should come forward to address this caste issue,” she added. She said that the secular community in the country is reluctant to address the caste issues in the country.
“I came here to support the students and to participate in Chalo HCU on Monday, so I also felt like joining the students on hunger strike,” she added.
Another writer Goku Shyamala also sat for the hunger strike for a day. The students were earlier forcibly shifted to the health centre as their health turned unstable.
Earlier, speaking at a gathering at the shopping complex, HCU faculty members, professors and teachers from SC, ST teachers’ forum, contract employees and non-teaching staff promised students of their support till they get the much needed justice.
