Using the term khoshgolpo (pleasant conversation) does not amount to sexual harassment, says judge
Using the term “khoshgolpo”, or a pleasant conversation, does not amount to sexual harassment by any stretch of imagination, the Calcutta High Court has held in a case related to Visva-Bharati University Faculty Association president Sudipta Bhattacharyya.
Mr. Bhattacharyya, a professor of economics at the university, has been serving as a pinprick for Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty ever since the latter took charge in November 2018, questioning many of his decisions and accusing him of damaging the secular nature of the university.
On July 1, the university issued a notice to Mr. Bhattacharyya for allegedly making a derogatory remark against the Vice-Chancellor on Facebook. He contended that he had made the remark on a closed WhatsApp group and that too he had not named…