14 years ago, RSS tried to meddle in California School Textbooks wrt its Hindutva agenda and revisionist History. It failed.
prweb.com/releases/2006/…
prweb.com/releases/2006/…
Alterations they proposed:
1. Aryans should be represented as being indigenous to India instead of migrating from elsewhere,
2. the harshness of the caste system should be erased and
1. Aryans should be represented as being indigenous to India instead of migrating from elsewhere,
2. the harshness of the caste system should be erased and
3. the caste system should be presented as a benevolent institution based on a division of labor,
4. the word Dalit should be eliminated from textbooks,
4. the word Dalit should be eliminated from textbooks,
5. Hinduism should be characterized as a monotheistic faith with belief in one God, women did not have less rights than men but simply “different” rights than men, and so on.
In all, several hundred changes were proposed by these two organizations. These changes were fiercely contested by scholars on Ancient India and South Asia studies from around the world, including Michael Witzel and Romila Thapar, as well as many secular community groups.
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