The even semester of the academic year 2021-22 has already started, and the TISS admin continues to keep the student community in the dark over the prospects of campus reopening. By continuously insisting to keep the campus closed, TISS has made a unique place for itself as one of those very few Higher Education Institutes that have managed to deprive the students of quality education … Continue reading TISS Admin Should Ensure the Speedy Reopening of the Campus by Making All the Requisite Arrangements

On 21 January 1924, Vladimir Illich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution and the founding head of state of the Soviet Union, died in Gorki aged 53. Remembered as one of the most pivotal political thinkers of the 20th century, Lenin led the world’s first socialist revolution in 1917 in Russia, and made the greatest contributions to the theory and … Continue reading Remembering Comrade Lenin on his 98th Death Anniversary

The Great Bombay Textile Strike is notably one of the most historic landmark movements in the working class struggles in Post-independent India. Bombay’s textile industry boomed in the 20th century, accompanied by a growing number of worker grievances. As a result, the Great Bombay Textile Strike arose from a gradual accumulation of grievances that Bombay Textile Union and All India Trade Union Congress were unable … Continue reading PSF-TISS Remembers the Great Bombay Textile Strike

Six years ago on a 17th January, Rohith Vemula, a PhD candidate at Hyderabad Central University, was institutionally murdered. A targeted attack by the university administration, including the suspension from hostels and stoppage of fellowship which functioned as the Casteist-Hindutva government’s flagbearers, and the succession of steps that followed drove him to commit suicide inside a hostel room. As word of the Sangh parivar sponsored … Continue reading Remembering Rohith Vemula on his sixth death anniversary.

Progressive Students’ Forum wrote a letter to the TISS administration demanding further communication and clarity regarding the reopening of campus to the students. ****Read the full letter from below:- Progressive Students’ Forum TISS <psf.tiss@gmail.com> to Director, Registrar, CC to Dean of Academics and Dean of Student Affairs. Dear Madam/Sir, Progressive Students Forum (PSF) is writing to you to initiate a channel of communication regarding the … Continue reading TISS ADMIN MUST GIVE FURTHER COMMUNICATION AND CLARITY REGARDING THE REOPENING OF CAMPUS TO THE STUDENTS.

Sardar Hashmi was an iconic theoretician and a practitioner of political theatre. He pioneered street theatre and founded the People’s Theatre Front (Jan Natya Manch), which became popular for plays on inflation, worker rights, women’s empowerment & communalism. On this day,  He, along with his comrade Ram Bharose were murdered by Congress goons in broad daylight while performing a street play, Halla Bol, about factory … Continue reading PSF remembers Comrade Safdar Hashmi’s life and legacy on his 33rd Martyrdom day ( 2nd January 2022)