Its a special university. I was a part of it from 1996-1998. It was and remains a strongly political university. Left and Right are very strong and they are the ones that contest for the political space. So AISA, SFI, AISF, ABVP remain influential. On a recent visit to Meerut while returning back the flight got delayed and we got a chance to go to JNU for a brief while. Just got photographs of some of the wall art or posters on JNU walls.
Above is a normal wall at JNU…notices for meetings …pamphlets stating an issue…some party's posters etc are normal on all JNU walls.
The posters are really self explanatory and very well done. Whether you agree with the ideology or not, the art work is nice.
The white patches on the posters are put by the JNU election commission I assume. It is one of those educational institutions where the students conduct their own election. An election commissioner is nominated who then runs the election. Walls for putting up posters are assigned to the different organizations in fray- primary among them at JNU are AISA, SFI, ABVP,AISF. Then there are others like DSU,which are largely fringe of the left. In our time Free thinkers also had a presence, I don't know if that is so now.
Then there is literary element to the posters. Muktibodh in the first poster. I don't know whose poem is the next one but the words flow well- create an impact.
The poster above… I don't really understand what it is about but it is an interesting poster.
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The Hindutva ideologues. This is relatively new. Didn't see this when I was at the campus. Think the Parishad has become stronger in some ways post 2014 general elections
Then there are the ones below…Interesting ones
The one below is about the freedom of hips...
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The Babas - Marx and Lenin and the young man who sacrificed his life- Bhagat Singh
Below is the other side…sorry to say weak on the art and aesthetics quotient
I was surprised to see such scanty presence of the parishad on the walls
The Hindutva ideologues. This is relatively new. Didn't see this when I was at the campus. Think the Parishad has become stronger in some ways post 2014 general elections
Not a very exhaustive piece on the posters and wall art of JNU but a beginning.
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