{
  "id": 4772352,
  "title": "JNU’s Barak Hostel: Built for northeast students but houses only 12% from the region",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/jnus-barak-hostel-built-for-northeast-students-but-houses-only-12",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T20:55:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/education/jnus-barak-hostel-built-for-northeast-students-but-houses-only-12-from-the-region/article71412238.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In 2014, a brutal racial assault on an Arunachal Pradesh student in Delhi led to widespread protests and discussions about the challenges faced by northeastern students studying across India. In response, a committee was formed to address their concerns and propose solutions. One of the recommendations was to create a dedicated hostel for students from the northeast, leading to the planning of Barak Hostel at Jawaharlal Nehru University. After more than a decade of delays, the hostel was finally inaugurated in 2025. However, according to the student president Hrishikesh Talukdar, only 12% of its occupants are from the northeast, far below the originally planned 75% reservation.",
  "summary": "Twelve years after the Bezbaruah Committee recommended dedicated housing for Northeast students, JNU’s Barak Hostel has failed to honour its 75:25 reservation, students say, even as the two-year-old building shows signs of disrepair",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}