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mid-day's 39th anniversary: Leading young Mumbai's political consciousness
Updated On: 29 June, 2018 07:31 AM IST | Mumbai | Jane Borges
After decades, he has created in Mumbai a politically vibrant student force, which poses a formidable challenge to the establishment
Fahad Ahmad has filled the vacuum created since the murder of student activist Owen D'Souza in 1989 that prompted Maharashtra to ban elections to the student council. Pic/Nishad Alam
Fahad Ahmed, 25
General Secretary, TISS Students' Union
Two years ago, when Fahad Ahmad secured admission to the MPhil programme at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and moved to Mumbai from Baheri in Uttar Pradesh, the megalopolis seemed overwhelming. "As soon as I arrived, I knew I didn't want to stay long," recalls Ahmad, currently general secretary of the students' union at the institution.
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