Delhi University has dropped a specialised postgraduate paper on the Delhi Sultanate from its newly notified History syllabus, along with several proposed papers on ancient Indian gender history, polity and religion. Of 38 proposed electives, only 16 have made the final list, with some reportedly disappearing despite clearing earlier stages of approval. Is this routine curriculum revision-or does it point to something more? Vishnu Som and the panel unpack the controversy on Left, Right & Centre.