Narayani Gupta writes: NCERT deletions discourage debate
Narayani Gupta | 26 June 2023 | The Indian Express
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The uncertainty is on my side. At the NCERT there is calm confidence about its exercise in “rationalisation” (a favoured “official” term, also recently used in a report to suggest that the number of monuments under the ASI is “rationalised”).
What is being called “The NCERT controversy” is a misnomer. It is not a debate. An act of “rationalising” by pruning parts of the textbooks written in 2005 led to protests by the editors and others — 35 editors asked that their names be dropped from future editions, and now comes a reprimand from 73 educational worthies implying that these editors are being disrespectful to the NCERT.