Earlier this week a lecturer from Edinburgh University wrote to the University of Hyderabad that he and other academics felt "compelled to ask whether we can any longer continue to sustain research links and ties with the UoH. Many of us have strong academic connections and affiliations to colleagues at the UoH and admire the work of the many scholars based there.” They were "reconsidering" ties he said. But the Deccan Chronicle which carried part of the letter to the V-C headlined it "Edinburgh University to snap ties with Hyderabad University".