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Topic: Political Science

SubscriberWrites: The unseen architect

Why political science matters more than ever in modern India

Troubling revisions in textbooks—NCERT must remind itself of its autonomy

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

‘Drop our names from textbooks or we’ll take legal action’ — Yogendra Yadav, Suhas Palshikar to NCERT

Palshikar & Yadav, who were chief advisers for political science textbooks, asked NCERT to take their names off last year too, but council refused citing its status as copyright owner.

‘Can’t hide behind our names’: Yogendra Yadav, Suhas Palshikar hit back at NCERT amid textbook row

Yadav and Palshikar have reiterated their demand for removal of their names from NCERT textbooks after the council asserted its right to make changes based on copyright ownership.

Yogendra Yadav, Suhas Palshikar want their names taken off NCERT books. ‘Mutilated beyond recognition’

Yadav & Palshikar were NCERT's chief advisors for political science books. Calling latest changes to content 'blatantly partisan', the duo said they weren't even informed about them.

DU drops Iqbal from syllabus, approves new centres for Partition, Hindu & Tribal studies

Several members of DU academic council opposed syllabi changes & raised issue of displacement of ad-hoc teachers.

‘Garibi Hatao’ to 1984 polls, questions on Congress in Rajasthan Board exam spark row

Class 12 political science paper included several questions on history of Congress. BJP cries foul, but state govt says it had nothing to do with setting questions.

How Emergency made it to school textbooks during Congress raj

The preface in the NCERT book on political science said it was a “tribute to the maturity of Indian democracy”. I wince as I read that now.

From Partition and poverty, how Baldev Raj Nayar became a leading South Asia scholar abroad

Baldev Raj Nayar passed away earlier this month at his home in Ontario, leaving behind a prolific body of work on political science and South Asia.

NCERT adds scrapping of Article 370 to Class 12 textbook, deletes portion on ‘separatism’

The August 2019 scrapping of Article 370 has been added in the revised political science textbook, which talks about the developments in J&K since 2002.

On Camera

Trans Amendment Bill echoes Criminal Tribes Act. It wants them to stay in violent families

The one thing that keeps the relentless beauty of trans people alive is their community. But for lawmakers, kinship is ‘deception’, ‘allurement’, and ‘undue influence’.

Blow to West Asia commodities market as Iran hits 2 aluminium makers

Aluminum prices, already rising before the conflict, have gained further as traders and buyers focus on the potential for tighter markets and shrinking global inventories.

1st batch of 2,000 India-made Israeli Negev LMGs delivered to Army; 4,000 more to be delivered this year

The Indian Army is set to get another 4,000 of these LMGs as part of a contract signed in August 2024 to replace the 5.56x45mm INSAS LMG.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.