As part of its “syllabus rationalisation” process last year, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) deleted various elements of the syllabus from its class 12 textbooks, citing “overlapping” and “irrelevant” reasons, including teachings on Mughal courts, and it stirred a hornet’s nest, goading for an objective debate on the subject. NCERT Director Dinesh Prasad Saklani clarified that chapters on the Mughals have not been ‘dropped’ from CBSE books and said, “It’s a lie. Chapters on the Mughals have not been dropped. There was a rationalisation process last year due to COVID; there was pressure on students everywhere,”...