Makarand Paranjape is a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) Centre of English Studies (CES). On February 6, Paranjape was not allowed to enter his own office because a group of students who are members of the Jawaharlal Nehru Students Union were protesting at the School of Languages. Consulting editor Anand Ranganathan and Paranjape discuss the incident. Find out how Paranjape tried to reason with the students and why he touched the students’ feet.