“We Beat Teachers Too” and Other Confessions of an ABVP Supporter

Here are excerpts of an audio of what an ABVP supporter had to say about the protests.

The protests erupting from Delhi University’s Ramjas College have stirred a debate around ‘nationalism’ that bears a stark resemblance to the one at Jawaharlal Nehru University, this time last year.

There have been violent clashes, “anti-national” slogans were purportedly raised and and a University has awoken to protect itself from attack.

Amid this debate between the left and the right political factions in the country, a report in The Wire managed to capture the essence of a conversation of a young ABVP supporter.

An audio recording of the conversation – which is coloured with deeply unsettling tones of violence and machismo – was published on The Wire.

Here are some excerpts from what the ABVP supporter had to say about the protests and the violence that ensued.