The talk in the corridors of Mumbai University is more about politics than education these days. It’s the general trend that anything that goes up must come down, and sadly, the University of Mumbai is no exception, having fallen on hard times lately. The university that we were all so proud of once has now given us so many reasons to be ashamed — question paper leaks and delays in examinations being just a few.

Things hit a new low when Professor Neeraj Hatekar was suspended, all because he held up a rather unflattering picture of the university’s administration at a conference. Hatekar’s basic contention is that he wasn’t even heard, and was suspended without being given a chance to express or establish his opinion about the administration.