VADODRA: Writings by PM Narendra Modi and Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar have been introduced at Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) in a new BA (English) minor course launched under National Education Policy-2020, reports Prashant Rupera.Department of English at MSU’s faculty of arts has added ‘Jyotipunj’ by Modi and ‘Inside the Enemy Camp’ by Savarkar to the new course titled, Analysing and Understanding Non-Fictional Writings on Bharat. The course has been implemented from the current academic year (2025-26).
The syllabus also includes selected writings by Sri Aurobindo and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, texts by Swami Vivekananda, and selected episodes from the PM’s radio address, ‘Mann Ki Baat’.“This syllabus represents a deliberate academic intervention to align English studies with India’s national priorities. It pioneers a confident Indian approach where English is used to study Bharat’s own thinkers, leaders, and ideas, rather than remaining confined to colonial or Eurocentric canons. In that sense, the course operationalises PM’s call for decolonisation of education by embedding Indian intellectual traditions within mainstream university curricula,” said Prof Hitesh D Raviya, head of English department and chairperson of Board of Studies in English Language and Literature at MSU.University officials said the course aims to examine Indian non-fictional writings within the framework of English literary studies.
