Anand Ranganathan in Facebook live conversation with Makarand R. Paranjape Makarand R. Paranjape is an Indian poet and professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India.n March, 2016, his lecture on Nationalism on the backdrop of JNU crisis was widely praised. He asked the students if they want JNU to be democratic or left hegemonic place where contrarian voices were muzzled. He also pointed out factual inaccuracies in post bail release speech of JNSU president Kanhiya Kumar. Distribution: Newslaudry