: Delhi University drops Dalit writers, Mahasweta Devi’s works from English course #IndiaNEWS The Delhi University has been criticised for removing feminist literature from its syllabus for the undergraduate

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Delhi University drops Dalit writers, Mahasweta Devi’s works from English course #IndiaNEWS
The Delhi University has been criticised for removing feminist literature from its syllabus for the undergraduate course in English, News18 reported on Wednesday. The University’s Oversight Committee has reportedly removed writings of Dalit writers Bama Faustina Soosairaj and Sukirtharani, and Bengali author Mahasweta Devi.However, on Wednesday, as many as 15 members of the Academic Council submitted a dissent note against the move, alleging “maximum vandalism� in the curriculum, The Indian Express reported. The council said that the Oversight Committee first replaced writings of Soosairaj and Sukirtharani with those of “upper caste writer Ramabai�.“The Committee as an afterthought suddenly asked the English department to delete the celebrated short story of Mahasweta Devi, Draupadi – a story about a tribal woman – without giving any academic logic,� the dissent note stated.The committee has also refused to accept any of the short stories by the Bengali writer, the dissent note also mentioned.The Academic Council members expressed their dissent against changes in other course material as well. They said that in a Discipline Specific Elective paper, titled Interrogating Queerness, the Oversight Committee “arbitrarily deleted sections from the units at the expense of the academic rigour of the paper�, according to The Indian Express.In another Discipline Specific Elective paper, titled Pre-colonial Indian Literatures, the Oversight Committee has reportedly asked the English Department to...Read more

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