Dissent erupted in the Oversight Committee of Delhi University after renowned author Mahasweta Devi’s short story and two Dalit authors, Bama and Sukhartharini were removed from the English syllabus.
The dissenting members have written to the panel saying that “The Oversight Committee has always shown a prejudice against the representation of Dalits, tribals, women and sexual minorities as evident in its concerted efforts to remove all such voices from the syllabus."
The Indian Express reported that the works of two Dalit authors have been replaced with the worker of 'upper caste writer Ramabai'.
Sources told the newspaper that any objections or changes to the History and Sociology syllabus had been made in 2019, and the issue was now largely procedural.