Can't get enough of Harry Potter Universe? Now the National University of Juridical Sciences in Kolkata is offering a course on the legal principles of the Wizarding World.
According to a report in The Guardian, Shouvik Kumar Guha, an assistant professor at the varsity has drafted a course titled: 'An Interface Between Fantasy Fiction Literature and Law.' The basic reading requirement for the course is all the books written by JK Rowling on the Potterverse.
The curriculum will focus on topics like 'unforgivable curses -- torture, murder, and possession of another person -- rules of Quidditch and an alleged murder by Sirius Black, says the report.
Veiled under the cloak of wizardry, the course will be looking at critical thinking over Indian social problems like discrimination, torture and modern-day slavery.
"In India right now the political situation is divisive. I have my own political leanings, but it would be inappropriate to apply them in class. So I am trying to use something on which our students will not have any previous value judgments.
"Our students believe the discrimination voiced in the Potter-verse is something they all agree is wrong. But in real life there will be things that some see as discrimination and which others do not,” Kumar told the daily.
The course will also look into how the creatures like elves, centaurs, and giants represent a marginalised community in mainstream society. It will also shed light on how The Daily Prophet newspaper can become an outlet for propaganda.