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Students shocked after seeing question paper: Asked about Padmavati and Triple Talaq

The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is at the center of controversy again after it asked questions on triple talaq, halala, and Alauddin Khilji in the examination of MA History semester – I recently. The History paper asked MA students to discuss Triple Talaq and Halala as social evils in Islam.

Rajeev Kumar Srivastava, assistant professor of Society and Culture in Medieval India at BHU, denied having set the question paper.

Students of history claimed that three weeks ago, they were asked to answer a question on “Rani Padmavati’s Johar” for 10 marks in a third-semester examination. This was before questions on GST in Kautilya’s Arthshastra and globalization as Manu’s theory featured in the BHU political science paper.

“We had read a small portion on Padmavati but the fact of her existence is debated among historians. Our professor stressed it as an important part only because it was in the news over the Deepika Padukone film,” an MA history student said.

When asked about the question on triple talaq, a student said, “There was nothing on triple talaq in our Medieval India studies syllabus. But sir held a special class on it. That is how we managed to answer the question. The class was part of a lesson on the wretched condition of women, especially Hindus, during the rule of Delhi sultans.”

“If Alauddin Khilji has any truth, so does Padmavati… We have been teaching the condition of women during Alauddin Khilji’s reign every year. Padmavati was taught irrespective of any political controversy brewing currently. The Babri Masjid issue is also raging, does that mean we will stop teaching Babur?” Rajeev Kumar Srivastava said.

 

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