The civil rights movement at Tezpur University entered its 38th day with a striking black-clad rally that turned the campus into a symbol of unity and defiance.

Hundreds of students, along with members of the Tezpur University Teachers’ Association (TUTA) and the Tezpur University Non-Teaching Employees’ Association (TUNTEA), marched together wearing black clothes and masks—representing institutional mourning and what they called the “masked corruption” of the administration under the absconding Vice Chancellor, Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh.

The rally traversed the main stretches of the Napaam campus in a coordinated formation, attracting wide attention from students, faculty, and visitors. Protesters said the colour black represented grief and resistance against administrative injustice, wh

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