The kinds of revisions we’re seeing remove the very skills that make historical thinking meaningful. The result is a citizen who either dismisses history entirely or defends it without support.
The title of the new fellowship grant is itself an important signalling—named after historian Jadunath Sarkar, who was marginalised by mainstream academia post-Independence.
New York-based PEN America criticises curriculum revision by NCERT for school textbooks that include changes to sections on Mahatma Gandhi’s death & trimming of Mughal history.
Opposition parties say the Congress govt has erased the state’s history from school education, threaten to launch state-wide protests; govt says Akalis doing cheap politics.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
The problem I find with this article is that it only raises questions, but doesn’t give any solution. A salad of adjectives is not a solution. I expect the authors to be more specific.
The problem I find with this article is that it only raises questions, but doesn’t give any solution. A salad of adjectives is not a solution. I expect the authors to be more specific.