The current atmosphere is all about calling out wrongdoers and silent bystanders. And we are calling out a college, politicians, as well as those who pretend not to understand the issue.

An invite to Shiv Sena's Aaditya Thackeray to launch St Xavier's College 150th-year celebrations ended up creating controversy for the institution. Alumni and students stated that Aaditya was antithetical to the liberal values the college espoused. In a petition against his invite, they stated that his most notable achievement as student of the college was getting prize-winning author Rohinton Mistry's Such a Long Journey dropped from the syllabus. The book, which Aaditya publicly admitted he had not read, contained lines that were critical of the political party.