Found this on the National Institute of Open Schooling, under Ministry of Education. This is from the chapter on the Guptas for Senior Secondary students. Ready? Here's a tidbit from "Literature" during the Guptas.
Kavikulaguru Kalidasa gets less just 4 sentences. And how!
"The greatest of all the poets was Kalidasa...The notable feature of his works is that the characters of higher caste speak in Sanskrit while those of lower caste and women speak in
Prakrit."
"The greatest of all the poets was Kalidasa...The notable feature of his works is that the characters of higher caste speak in Sanskrit while those of lower caste and women speak in
Prakrit."
And a clever play of context-free writing: "Tantrism...did not believe in any caste or gender bias and admitted both women and shudras in its ranks."
And here's a sample of how questions are framed:
1. Write a note on the proliferation of castes during the [Gupta] period
2. Discuss the position of women and untouchables in the Gupta period
3. Where do we find the first epigraphical evidence to ‘Sati’?
1. Write a note on the proliferation of castes during the [Gupta] period
2. Discuss the position of women and untouchables in the Gupta period
3. Where do we find the first epigraphical evidence to ‘Sati’?
Oh! and what are the Puranas? They're texts referring to "to the stories about the Hindu gods and mention the ways to please them through fasts and pilgrimages."
What exactly is the attitude an impressionable child will develop towards his/her own culture and past after reading this? Where's the motivation to love and cherish our past if it's presented like THIS?
Not sure if such books have been scrapped or no. I just chanced upon this randomly. Tweeted it as Reminder #9832792472942932034, the latest in a long line of such reminders.
Jai Ho!
Jai Ho!
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