As students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), one of India’s premier educational institutions, continue to stage demonstrations against a soon-to-be-imposed fee hike, Bollywood actors like Swara Bhasker and veteran actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha have sent them messages of support on social media.
The move comes two days after a protest march to Parliament organised by the JNU Students' Union that reportedly resulted in many students getting injured.
In a Twitter thread, actress Swara Bhasker says that “JNU changes lives because education changes lives.”
In another tweet, she posted an image of a student engrossed in her studies during the protest.
Actress Pooja Bedi, daughter of veteran actor Kabir Bedi, finds the entire episode “brutal”.