NCERT Textbook Changes Are Framed Around Limiting Knowledge
Kaushik Das Gupta | 22 June 2024 | The Indian Express
Until the lions have their own history, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. The African proverb, recounted by the great Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, is an apt metaphor for the power exercised by dominant groups on knowledge.
School-level social science textbooks, especially the officially designated ones, are perhaps the greatest bearers of this burden. In most countries, including India, history, political science, and sociology textbooks are not only shaded by politics and carry imprints of the regime in office, but their drafting exercises often invite controversy…