The draft amendments to the constitution of the St Stephen's College have sent ripples of panic through the institution's community. The most troubling features, say teachers and alumni, are the hugely expanded powers it seeks to bestow upon the Church of North India through the Supreme Council and the drastic changes planned for teacher's service conditions. The governing body meeting, at which the proposals were to be tabled, has been postponed to November 30.

Meanwhile, the college's teachers are rallying support for resistance.

St Stephen's College, insist its alumni, has been a minority institution, but secular in spirit. It tolerated -even encouraged -the thread of gentle irreverence that ran through many student activities...................Read more

Source: The Times of India