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The Decline Of Nehru, Tagore & The Rise Of Savarkar: How Delhi University Got Itself A New Syllabus

Since 2019, Hindu right-wing organizations—both student and teachers’ groups—have successfully propelled syllabi changes in Delhi University’s (DU) English, history and other social sciences and humanities subjects. Some teachers are battling against these changes, many pushed through by a secretive ‘oversight committee’ and new policies. Article14 examines the syllabi changes, the ideological influences driving them, and the processes by which they are being brought in at DU, all pointing to Hindu right-wing control over the leading university in India’s capital.

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