It is a domino effect from Delhi, and the simmering cauldron that is student politics is on the boil once again. Students of Mumbai's Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) will hold a massive protest on March 8, against the attack on students and journalists outside Delhi's Ramjas College.

Meanwhile, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) is on the opposite side, protesting against the 'left-wing' TISS. Central to this controversy is the cancellation of a two-day seminar on the theme, 'Cultures of Protest' at Ramjas College. The objection was to the panel of speakers, JNU student leaders Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid. Now that the fire has singed the city against the Mumbai chapter of the ABVP, this planned protest should be a peaceful one.