Days after Delhi's prestigious St Stephen's College suspended a student-run magazine, another college has served notice to four students for a sanitary pad campaign on campus.
The Jamia Milia Islamia university has asked the students, including two girls, to explain why they put up sanitary pads across the campus with messages on them.
"We have received various complaints from students and teachers about the campaign. We have nothing against the message being conveyed by these students, but the method used is not appropriate," said a university spokesperson, Mukesh Ranjan.
The Delhi students used the campaign for messages against rape and other crimes against women in India - "Rapists rape people, not outfits"; "My name is not baby" and "Menstruation is natural, rape is not," to sample a few.
"We as a university advocate women's empowerment, but every institution has its norms and protocols. For any activity on campus, students are required to seek permission from the authorities, which they ignored, " said a teacher.
The weekly ezine started by a group of Stephanians, had gone live on March 7. It registered over 2,000 hits on an interview of the Principal, who said however, that the magazine published the article without clearing it with him.
The action by two colleges comes on a week the Supreme Court struck down Section 66 A, a controversial law that allowed arrests for offensive online content.
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