New Delhi, June 26 -- Delhi University's Standing Committee on Academic Matters (SCOM) on Wednesday directed the political science department to "drop" several postgraduate papers proposed to be introduced that focused on Pakistan and China, at least two committee members said.

Among the proposed papers dropped were four discipline-specific electives (DSEs): Pakistan and the World (DSE 29), China's Role in the Contemporary World (DSE 31), State and Society in Pakistan (DSE 35) and Islam and International Relations (DSE 33). A fifth, Religious Nationalism and Political Violence (DSE 52), will be reviewed in the next SCOM meeting on July 1, according to a proposal list that the department tabled at the meeting, which HT has seen.

The DSEs...