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As a continuation of the debate on University Grants Commission- National Eligibility Test, this response argues that NET is only a symptom of the larger disease that plagues the system of higher education in our country. What is at issue is the disregard of secular and progressive ideals and the arrogance that marks such indifference. These must be thoroughly challenged.
Even in a campus like Jawaharlal Nehru University, where relative safety and liberal values are guaranteed, the society’s patriarchal notions about women and their standing have not been successfully overcome. The recent murderous attack on a young woman by a “jilted” classmate exemplifies this.
