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Calicut University cancels talk on Kashmir

Kozhikode: Calicut University (CU) has barred the conduct of a talk by Syeda Saiyidain Hameed on the topic ' Kashmiriyat and Hyper-Majoritarianism ' to be organized by the university's EMS Chair for Marxian Studies and Research on to university sources, vice chancellor Prof P Raveendran, who is the chairman of the EMS Chair, was not informed of the conduct of the seminar beforehand. On getting information regarding the same, Raveendran summoned the file and issued directions denying permission for the varsity authorities barred the programme saying that it should be avoided in the current situation prevailing in the country."The poster of the programme has the slogan 'Stop Killing in Kashmir' which is very misleading. The country is going through a particular situation and holding such a programme at this juncture is not appropriate," a top CU official Saiyidain Hameed is a Padma Shri awardee and a former member of Planning Commission and a rights activist.