“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it,” said one of Terry Pratchett’s characters in his witty fantasy novel, Diggers . An open mind belongs to the seeker of truth. Truth being as elusive and deceptive as happiness, it keeps the seeker going on and on endlessly. Most people don’t like such endlessness. People like to snuggle down in the cosy warmth of the status quo. Religion is the most staunch supporter of the status quo. And religion insists on putting things into open minds. And shut them. The cosy warmth of the status quo is what turns the BJP and its allies against Jawharlal Nehru University and Hyderabad Central University, says Kancha Illaiah in his article in the Indian Express . Both JNU and HCU have produced numerous thinkers and scholars because their academic environment encouraged the liberal pursuit of truth. Banaras Hindu University, on the contrary, has failed to prod
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