New Delhi: Couplets of mystic poet and saint Kabir Das will be taught to students pursuing a Master’s degree in Urdu at Delhi University if proposed revisions to the first-year syllabus are approved by the varsity’s Executive Council.
The students will be taught a selection of 40 couplets from ‘Kabir Bani’ in the first semester as part of the revisions recommended by the Faculty of Arts, officials said.
Two readings for this purpose are proposed to be included in the syllabus of the first-year MA Urdu students by the Faculty of Arts. The suggested readings include Kabir Bani by Ali Sardar Jafri and Kabir by Prabhakar Manchve.
The Faculty of Arts recommended these revisions in the syllabus of a paper titled “Basic Text: Early Urdu Literature,” taught at the Department of Urdu.
The decision to introduce the changes was taken by the faculty in a meeting held on February 19. It has been tabled for approval before the Executive Council, the highest decision-making body of the university, which will meet on July 27.
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