Mumbai:
The University of Mumbai has dropped the Booker nominated novel by Rohinton Mistry 'Such a Long Journey' from its BA syllabus following objections by Shiv Sena students' wing which alleged that the book 'poorly represented' the saffron party.
The University decided to drop the novel, which was part of the Bachelor of Arts (English) second year syllabus since 2007, last week, Vice Chancellor Rajan Welukar told PTI on Saturday.
The University has sent a circular on this issue to the colleges affiliated to it.
Meanwhile, college teachers said that despite having prepared the question papers for the second year BA English exam, colleges had to postpone it after receiving the circular.
"This objectionable novel uses extremely obscene and vulgar language in its text and also makes anti-Sena remarks," said Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena chief, Abhijit Panse.
"The Vice Chancellor understood our point and was very supportive. He immediately convened a meeting with his senior staff and later informed us that the book had been taken out of the curriculum," he said.