IIT Kanpur panel on Faiz Ahmad Faiz poem

Kanpur: In a seemingly bizarre development, the IIT in Kanpur has set up a panel to decide whether the poem “Hum dekhenge lazim hai ki hum bhi dekhenge”, penned by Faiz Ahmad Faiz, is anti-Hindu.

The panel has been set up in response to complaints filed by a faculty member who claimed that the students, during a protest, sang this poem which was anti-Hindu.

The panel will also probe whether the students violated prohibitory orders clamped in the city on the day of the march, whether they posted objectionable content on social media and whether the Faiz poem is anti-Hindu. (IANS)

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