![]() Textbook revision as a political exercise But when you have an ideological state pro-actively engaged in rewriting history with the aim of promoting its Brahminical Hindutva politics, the interest of students, of education – and, indeed, the nation – is bound to be compromised. Hence the textbooks controversy has snowballed into a conflict between an establishment wedded to Hindutva on the one side and civil society and various communities on the other.īy itself, the routine revision of textbooks ought not to result in controversy since it is a necessary academic and pedagogic exercise for students to be able to adapt to changing needs and times. The party is using the state machinery – and also affiliated activists and groups – to counter and malign the resistance as inspired by ‘vested interests’ pursuing ‘anti-national’ politics. The ruling BJP was defensive in the beginning but is becoming more and more aggressive as the protest intensifies. ![]() ![]() As details of the changes made become public, the protest against the selective inclusion and exclusion of texts inspired by Hindutva ideology is slowly evolving into a movement against the Brahminical saffronisation of education. The textbook controversy raging in Karnataka shows no signs of subsiding.
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