MSOPINION 'India at 75: Upending narratives and rewriting history' “The states of Haryana and Gujarat have announced the addition of a Hindu holy book to the school curriculum, despite the education system being secular”
“The states of Haryana and Gujarat have announced the addition of a Hindu holy book to the school curriculum, despite the education system being secular”The palatial family home of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the freedom struggle stalwart and close confidant of Mahatma Gandhi, is now a museum where loyalists come to pay tribute.
Today, whether the emperor Akbar — of the Muslim Mughal dynasty that ruled India for 300 years — won or lost a key battle against a revered Hindu king depends on which textbook is being used. “Earlier everyone came here in awe and admiration but now many look at the home, his belongings, and quip that he too made a lot of money like other [corrupt] politicians,” Mishra told AFP.
And they say they over-emphasized Congress’s role in the independence struggle, denying the more revolutionary or nationalist figures the BJP reveres their due. Among the deletions were the Gujarat riots that killed at least 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, in 2002 — when Modi was the state’s premier. India was “slowly maturing as a democracy”, he said, hoping for a time when “historical characters won’t get caught in the slug fest of contemporary electoral politics.”For some, the history textbook changes fit into the ruling party’s agenda of appealing to the country’s Hindu majority.
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