Hyderabad, June 20 -- Delhi University's undergraduate admission portal, which went live on Thursday, June 20, contained a communally insensitive error that has drawn outrage. Under the section for mother tongue, "Muslim" was listed as one of the options.

This was compounded by the fact that Urdu, a language spoken by a large number of Muslims in India, and officially recognised under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, was removed from the list.

The first person to point out the error was Abha Dev Habib, secretary of the Democratic Teachers' Front. "The fact that a central university can publish such a form is a reflection of their communal mindset," she asserted.

Associate professor of English, and member of Delhi University Tea...