Textbook Politics
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NCERT deletes three references to Babri mosque demolition from Class 12 political science textbook
The revisions give primacy to the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, and mention the 2019 Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya dispute.
Scroll Staff
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NCERT revises Class 12 history textbook to cast doubts about Aryan migration theory
The organisation introduced additions that emphasise the Harappan civilisation’s ‘unbroken continuity for 5,000 years’ in the Indus Valley.
Scroll Staff
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Karnataka reintroduces lesson on Jawaharlal Nehru in school syllabus, drops chapter on RSS founder
These were among 18 changes made by the government in Kannada and social science textbooks for classes 6 to 10.
Scroll Staff
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Rajasthan teachers tried – and failed – to counter textbooks rewritten to serve Hindutva propaganda
Even though they recognised the dangers of the new textbooks, the resource-starved school system left teachers with few options.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Inspired by the RSS, dictated by BJP minister: The inside story of Rajasthan’s textbook revisions
Books published by the RSS’s education wing were held up as a role model in a government meeting.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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BJP’s major achievement in Rajasthan: Rewriting school textbooks to reflect RSS worldview
The new textbooks are not part of the election conversation but their impact could be long-lasting. The first in a three-part series.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
Video
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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DU professor explains why ‘university Dronacharyas’ want Kancha Ilaiah’s books dropped from syllabus
N Sukumar, professor of political science, says he is prepared to go to court to challenge the removal of the books on the Dalit perspective.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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RSS sets up panel to supervise saffronisation of education
Dinanath Batra will lead a committee that seems strangely like the Congress government's National Advisory Council, which the Bharatiya Janata Party had roundly criticised.
Dhirendra K Jha
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Blowing birthday candles is against Indian culture, says man who is now on Gujarat school library reading lists
The state has chosen nine books by Dina Nath Batra, the man who filed cases against Indologist Wendy Doniger's books on Hinduism, as supplementary literature meant to impart quality education.
Aarefa Johari
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