To NCERT and its masters: Babri was razed. That fact cannot be erased
- Harinder Baweja
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM Jun 23, 2024, 15:05 IST IST
Among the changes NCERT has introduced in the Class 12 Political Science textbook is reducing the section on Ayodhya from four to two pages, erasing references pertaining to the mosque’s demolition on Dec 6, 1992, and removing the name of the Babri Masjid and referring to it as a “three dome structure"
How easy is it to distort history or rewrite it? Rather easy as far as the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is concerned. It has, several times, in the last decade, changed textbooks in an attempt to paper over fault lines that are politically inconvenient. In doing so, it has also ignored protestations from its own advisors.
But will the attempt at hiding or playing down dramatic events that have been a part of contemporary history actually help erase facts? Can altered textbooks also alter the momentous events that impacted the country and its polity?
But will the attempt at hiding or playing down dramatic events that have been a part of contemporary history actually help erase facts? Can altered textbooks also alter the momentous events that impacted the country and its polity?
