Full speech | Indian-American Harvard student Shruthi Kumar at convocation | Palestine solidarity

A graduating Harvard University student went off script and sharply slammed Harvard for the university’s arbitrary action against the students protesting against Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza.
Shruthi Kumar, an Indian American from Nebraska, who was chosen to deliver the English commencement remarks for the undergraduate class, said, “As I stand here today, I must take a moment to recognize my peers-the 13 undergraduates in the class of 2024 who will not graduate today.”
13 pro-Palestine students were barred from graduating for their active involvement in campus protests, even after a majority of the university’s faculty of arts and sciences voted for the students to have their degrees conferred, according to the Harvard Crimson. The Harvard Corporation, the university’s governing body, voted on Wednesday to halt the students’ graduation.
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[@goswamivinod]

It was courageous and eye opening speech. Congratulations on your courage, honesty and integrity . All the best in your life. Good Luck.

[@shantirathi4351]

Very powerful and inspiring speech with great message. Hopefully it wakes many of us. Heartiest congratulations to you, proud family and the community. Super proud of you Shruti. Keep rocking.

[@pslamba51]

😊😊

[@kothapallybalaramakrishna5005]

Thought provoking speech... Hail my young lady❤

[@sreedevir5789]

The fact that you were allowed to speak in a forum like this without being interrupted definitely proves that there is freedom of speech at Harvard.

[@aburagdabhussainalicheerag6438]

Its not india

[@pin-psychologicalinformati7848]

She is very much courageous, brave, girl. I love to hear her speech that can leave so many speechless. Congratulations on your achievements and bravery. ❤🎉🎉❤

[@benkenbrothers1692]

Great INSTITUTION GAVE GREAT KNOWLEDGE HARD TIMES WILL SHAPE YOU STAND YOU LIKE A DIAMOND.🎉

[@amrutha2607]

Wow Shruthi,ur speech is very inspirational,congratulations

[@tayyabriz9701]

hats off to you and your class mates .. All the best with your future endeavours...

[@tonythomas4003]

Delivering a "great" speech... Even Hitler did that... I'm also an Indian... That doesn't make me blind about the wrong doings of Hamas... Why these people are not opposing the terrorist organisations that use innocent people, hospitals and schools as their human shield???

[@cjhark6756]

Great speech! Admire her to speak up for what she believes it's the right thing to do. She will go far in life.

[@jenniferkanye7231]

Congratulations on your speech Shruthi Kumar, wish you a brighter future may you achieve the highest level of success!!!

[@prawasinisen-sharma5806]

Amazing, well said. Congrats to you Shruthi. Such a BRAVE performance. Hats off to you.

[@mostboringyoutubechannel8845]

👏👏👏🤲🤲🤲👍👍👍 Amazing speech، commendable straightforwardness۔Salute

[@poetryofthoughts6780]

Great! Ur speech is very clear And everybody has the answer.

[@mayub4989]

I am Pakistani American, Ms. Das you made me proud of you. Wish you all the best.

[@bssamit]

Don't forget my sister same thing happened to your native country India. You don't know how Hindus live in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

[@anirudhakoppaka3422]

the people suffering in gaza didn’t do that, stop hating on Muslims

[@YogishK-ws4wy]

@@anirudhakoppaka3422 highlighting the suffering of Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh doesn't imply hate for anyone. Unless ofc you consider the suffering of Hindus so inherently insignificant as to pre-empt any possible criticism of the culprit.

[@mymind1615]

@@YogishK-ws4wy What about the Muslims in India, the atrocities that litrally come on the News ???

[@Rashmi.kant.ojha__18]

Great speech and the courage to outspoke many .🎉💐

[@vancoppedge]

Alright now, this won’t be the last time we hear this voice..You have been called to be a change agent. Be strong and courageous..

[@abidsalam1842]

Shruti your passionate speech exuding confidence before the best and brightest students and faculty on fundamental rights enshrined in American Constitution deserves the highest appreciation of all who cherish democracy.

[@ratherBeHappy]

An incredibly courageous and important speech. It truly gives me hope for this future generation. Check out Ken Burns' speech at Brandius University as well.

[@srinivasanvaidya4265]

Inspirational and emotive ! Well done ! 👍

[@user-wq5xk8xj8e]

Great speech And starting of speech is same as me an Cambridge university student ❤❤❤

[@kawalpreetkaur1568]

Very good speech about "Not Knowing"

[@focus497]

Shruti kumar u just nailed it ! Not everyone can come out of fearing power & speak out but You did it !!

[@soloziyanyt5141]

It was a really inspiring speech at the commencement, I have ever heard.

[@vidhyan8000]

South Asian blood.. as she mentioned.. bravery, spirit to fight of freedom is in her blood,DNA ..

[@jessicajeepback5009]

POWER to you girl and to all students who protest for freedom, truth, free speech and real democracy! FREE PALESTINE, FREE JULIAN ASSANGE !!

[@tiernan2023]

Imagine getting a degree from Harvard then criticising it for having strict rules🤦‍♂️ why's she not in India

[@gauraiyah]

Do you mean, she should pretend that everything is okay there. She can both be grateful and critical.

[@tiernan2023]

@@gauraiyah she's critical of the country that's given her thr privilege to talk. I doubt she could call out Indian articles for not tolerating terroristic activities within its vicinities

[@gauraiyah]

@@tiernan2023 well that’s out of topic, this assumption that she will do the same for India or not. We don’t know that . But regarding the privilege, if she’s given a chance to speak, she better make it worthwhile. She doesn’t need to sugarcoat just because.. and then to be honest is everyone’s right !

[@tiernan2023]

@@gauraiyah it would've been better if she had mentioned that she's against all sorts of violence unfolding on college campuses including antisemitism, harassment of pro Israel students whether Jewish, Christians or Hindus

[@farhatshahab3109]

I'm proud of you lots of prayers for you and your family ❤ good luck

[@shafali344]

You are the really a inspirational lady ,

[@JagdishPatel-wy2ee]

Thank god she born in USA and not in India

[@dr.abdullah.noman.]

"Didn't Think I Would...": ISC Topper Manya Gupta On Scoring 99.75% 7231D

[@sammydsouza4379]

Brave young woman. Her Parents deserve to be proud. ❤️

[@vaidehisubramani6302]

Wonderful speech....i could feel the pain .. in the speech

[@SuhailAhmedBScMAMBA]

I am proud of you sister Suhail Ahmed from India

[@YogishK-ws4wy]

Very touching and cute. On a side note- yet to hear from the people suffering in Gaza to demand from Oct 7 perpetrators to surrender to IDF. Begs the question of whether being on the receiving end exempt you from moral responsibility? If it does, then Israel is exempted too.

[@jramiah6022]

Spoken from the heart.Great speech .

[@Rachel-xz6vk]

u go girl! u nailed it!

[@tacobelle5580]

What a ridiculous speech! I found her to be really annoying! Those 13 students came to study and not cause disruption so they didn’t graduate!! That’s real life!!

[@pensivesoul_]

#DontStopTalkingAboutPalestine #PalestinianLivesMatter

[@RajeevSharma-hb1sc]

Appreciate ur speech. If u love the place then go n stay there ... don't give speeches which r redundant

[@sivajonnalagadda683]

correct brother !

[@pradpat8688]

Rightly said.

[@jaisaljohn1500]

Well said

[@jasimjangipuri]

Great Shruthi Kumar

[@SanthoshPajimbila]

Harvard denied diplomas to 13 students for participating in a pro-Palestine protest on campus. Just as there are laws of the land, every university has its own rules that must be followed. In the name of freedom of speech, students sometimes overlook the importance of adhering to these rules.

[@AbdulRahman-ir5zn]

Sayeth an idiot from the University of Dung

[@MahiAji-fk5gl]

More than speech. Her pronunciation is so good. She might have learnt it with so much effort

[@arunabommareddy2930]

Excellent speech❤

[@srinivasacharyulugeeyar6993]

మానవతే మహనీయం❤

[@Meluko.bahujana___]

Excellent ma'am

[@amaladavid7034]

Shame on you. I am also Indian. God brought your parents from India and blessed you and your family Be thankful to God and this nation. Also They gave the freedom to talk . How about India 🇮🇳 ask your parents.

[@pikachuthunderbolt3919]

Tamil with pseudo ideology, some even hate their own culture

[@anirudhakoppaka3422]

you are genuinely so braindead and lost

[@tonythomas4003]

What in India are you talking about??

[@sagarshetty3175]

@@tonythomas4003 no clue . this comment makes no sense

[@aditikaria534]

So very proud of you and our amazing culture,

[@JamesBond-qz9xd]

South Asian Parents not knowing about applying to US colleges. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔This is too much.. This is not right to show your parents in such poor light.. Indian parents (even the poor ones) are epitome of preparing and pushing their kids to top US colleges..(ask steven he) as they see clearly this is the only way to come out of poverty.. people need to be more open and more tolerant but using the card of color and freedom of speech everytime is not right.. the speech ofcourse has many good messages like keeping an open mind. but do we need to celebrate every loud message that is given from such podiums?? 😐😐😐😐😐😐😐

[@thewhatorwhy]

She is a US citizen by birth.

[@josephbarnabas9209]

An impressive and alarming speech which I am sure will open the eyes of those who are responsible for what has been caused.

[@melanieransom1469]

Yes truly a voice for the 'downtrodden' ❤

[@user-bz6rq8fs8s]

Shruthi Kumar, live long, ZINDA ABAD, love you from Pakistan Faisalabad city, you are really good great and good woman personality

[@skpadf2938]

No talks about Hammas ?

[@amolsonawane1476]

She's indian, indians probably hate hamas more than Americans.

[@prashanttayshetye9068]

We are proud of you!

[@zoologyart7719]

Empathy, competence, warmth and strength. You got it all, girl. Oh and you're beautiful, not that it really matters.

[@sujatadas5148]

This girl needs to realise that those 13 students had no right to politicise the Harvard campus - they needed to use their freedom-of-speech OFF campus and respect the views of others who felt threatened at Harvard due to the over exertion of pressure to either align with you or face bullying by likes of you.

[@Eirileat]

What about the hostages who is listening to them? It's a balance.

[@aasiyachougule725]

Truly a powerful speaker indeed

[@shaikzeelani4059]

Great speech

[@naushadshaikh179]

Salute from japan my sister

[@balajib785]

I will Stop my comments you have to listen who talk about humanity and well being ♾️

[@loveisallyouneed1306]

America at its finest! Kudos to the student who spoke and the college to let her speak!!!!!

[@Kungukuttanandme]

Powerful words 😮

[@samirlg5]

Well well What you do not know is what you know and in Fact that is all what needs to be known. Knowing what you do not know gives you a drive to know and that how Humans evolve. That is all what life is all about. Isn't is Simple?

[@anirudhakoppaka3422]

spit it out already we know u just wanna hate on Muslims

[@Varsharao2309]

Wow❤

[@soleboxy]

Ignorance is bliss.

[@srinivasacharyulugeeyar6993]

Humanity is great thing😊❤🙋

[@shamshadtarmohamed153]

👏 bravo

[@MrTanzaboy]

South Asian is not a country, Uni graduate should know this.

[@vaidyanathankrishnan46]

I would have been happy if you suggested ways for youngsters to excel in their respective discipline. You try to get respect by talking popular subjects only. Let us see your contribution to society in the next 10 years. Good luck.

[@KhuramshahzadRanjan]

Well done sharuthi kumar

[@travelografa]

wow. Prepare for president, Shruti! 👏

[@nasreenaziz2606]

Great job 👏

[@snowywinter9]

Congratulations on ruining your career even before it started. Screaming on a podium is nothing like the real world. You just told all your prospective employers that you are not to be trusted. And that is how the real world works. If you thought that you got your point across to Harvard by yelling like that on the podium, good luck. The younger generation can be downright stupid often times.

[@shashibalapal3149]

Love of God

[@suganthis8413]

Wow..wat a bold speech..always stand up for the rights..🎉 God bless dear..

[@joboymathew9351]

Go ahead

[@benkenbrothers1692]

Fentablous words BRAVE HEART.

[@ChristianWifeMother]

I'm so afraid for this generation and this world 🌎 God Protect ALL innocent children, and elders, AGAIN ALL - bring TRUE PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING to all through Yeshua, and protect the Land of Yisrael! UNDERSTANDING comes by UNDERSTANDING truth.

[@luisaashley2117]

Love her!

[@vasanthigodwin1706]

Children can do the work realizing only for what they are sent.You do your job meanwhile let people handle theirs.She has wasted her knowledge for -ve,or otherwise. Never wait for applause from the crowd, who clap even when controversial views are expressed.Hope she never pats herself for what she has spoken, Freedom of speech should never be taken for granted and expressed only for applauses.She has shamed her university who has given her a carrier.

[@jefferylorance7988]

Not the right place..it supposed to be about your school..not a political platform….

[@KozmicCreates]

QUEEN!!

[@irshadmuhammed7493]

Great

[@sampathranaweera6766]

Best of luck

[@anupamadk2964]

People are wasting my time

[@focus497]

she is far better than elon musk who never really opposed genocide

[@geethan9287]

Excellent speech sruthi

[@shobaannetony8]

Bravo

[@gracedwithfavor6768]

❤❤❤❤

[@Salmansa8]

👏👏👏👏

[@nitaaii6400]

All support Israel❤❤❤

[@sajijacob9110]

She is brave but she should have condemned the Hammas, the terrorist group

[@jrabiya95]

More power to students who stand for humanity even when powers around them try to stop them.

[@npolitis4057]

❤❤❤

[@tamannakhan2579]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@panda_4000]

Oh look, now even Shruti has spoken against us, now we have to stop this war. - Benjamin Netanyahu 😂😂😂

[@humkiy]

What a waste of money and time to try to educate this person at Harvard !

[@srinivasacharyulugeeyar6993]

ఆసాంతం విందాం 😊 భారతీయులు గా ఇటువంటి సందర్భాలలో గర్విద్దాం 🙋