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- The Delhi University Academic Council recently dropped Bengali writer and activist Mahasweta Devi’s short story Draupadi along with two Dalit authors — Bama and Sukirtharini — from the BA (Hons) English course.
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The Delhi University Academic Council on Tuesday dropped a celebrated short story of Mahasweta Devi from BA (Hons) English course while approving changes in its syllabus.
Aug 25, 2021 · Delhi University has come under criticism from some quarters after the Oversight Committee (OC) removed renowned author Mahasweta Devi’s short story and two Dalit authors from the English syllabus. In the Academic Council (AC) meeting held Tuesday, 15 AC members submitted a dissent note against the OC and its functioning.
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In a retelling of the powerful eponymous character from the Mahabharata, Mahasweta Devi’s Draupadi — or Dopdi as she is called — is a rebel who is cornered by the police trying to put down the forces she represents. “What’s this, a tribal called Dopdi?” asks a security personnel, at the beginning of the story. “The list of names I brought has nothi...
Devi, who taught English at a Kolkata college, spent three decades of her life among tribals listening to their stories and telling the world about them. The inequality and injustice in the tribals’ lives bothers Dopdi: why, for instance, Surja Sahu’s home has “unlimited water” when there is not a drop in drought-struck Birbhum, particularly for “t...
On August 24, the academic council, despite protests from at least 14 members, decided to drop Devi’s short story and also works of Tamil feminist writers Bama and Sukirtharani from the BA (honours) syllabus. The decision also sparked furious reactions from academics and writers, who say Devi’s writing will be relevant as long as there is oppressio...
Aug 25, 2021 · The Delhi University Academic Council on Tuesday dropped a celebrated short story of Mahasweta Devi from BA (Hons) English course while approving changes in its syllabus.
Several Delhi University teachers on Tuesday expressed concerns over the removal of texts by renowned author Mahasweta Devi and two Dalit authors from the undergraduate English syllabus without...
Aug 26, 2021 · Amid dissent from stakeholders, the University of Delhi dropped Mahasweta Devi’s revolutionary story 'Draupadi' from its English Honours syllabus. The decision has met with opposition from ...
