Nepal, Aug. 14 -- Tribhuvan University (TU), which should be emerging as a strong center of learning, has increasingly witnessed new forms of student protests.

Recently, scenes of students cooking and eating at hunger strike sites within the university campus-even celebrating picnics-have made it feel as though TU has become a hub for protests rather than academic activities.

For the past 21 days, such activities by students from the CPN (Maoist Center)-affiliated All Nepal National Independent Students' Union (Revolutionary) (ANNISU-R) have drawn widespread attention. These revolutionary students are protesting fee disputes in four departments.

The students, engaged in sit-ins, hunger strikes, and vandalism of offices, were participat...