Recently, the CBSE dropped a few chapters from its Class 11 and 12 history and political science syllabus. The topics that have been discarded include democracy and diversity, the non-aligned movement, central Islamic lands, excerpts from the translations of two Urdu poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, the chronicles of the Mughal courts and others.
Why were these topics dropped? Is it part of the syllabus rationalisation process as is being claimed by CBSE, or is there something more sinister behind the decision? Prema Sridevi UnBreaks this news for you.
