Monday, May 9, 2016

Nehru who? Indian textbooks delete Nelson Mandela, English poets and country’s first prime minister

Nehru who? Indian textbooks delete Nelson Mandela, English poets and country's first prime minister

An independent education panel in the Indian state of Rajasthan caused a firestorm by almost completely erasing the legacy of the country’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, from a draft school textbook, the Indian Express reported. In an omission akin to deleting George Washington or Thomas Jefferson from American history books, a new secondary school […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/05/09/nehru-who-indian-textbooks-delete-nelson-mandela-english-poets-and-countrys-first-prime-minister/

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