3 ms·
>>Textbook treats history of india as only Mughals and British. History goes as back it as it can go. Unless you wish to transform the entire school syllabus i
by kamaal 9y ago
>>Textbook treats history of india as only Mughals and British.
History goes as back it as it can go. Unless you wish to transform the entire school syllabus into a kind of a history specialization there is no way you can teach all of Indian history. At the same time, you have to teach history whose effects are relevant to you.
This is the biggest dilemma that Indians face throughout. You have to learn in which language? Most likely in almost everybody's case that is 'English'. So you have to talk about that bit of history in great details given the effects of colonization reflect on the masses and their culture even now.
North India relishes Hindi/Urdu/Hindustani poetry, movies, songs and all based on literary legacy of the Mughals. Heck even to a great extent food and clothing habits come from that era. So you have to talk about them.
Then you go as far as you can go and talk a little about people like Ashoka etc. But then again, it makes no sense to keep talking about era of bygones which doesn't influence the current state of affairs in any real way. Or like I said, you just have to toss out other subjects and just teach history.
- msravi 9y agoYou are severely and grossly underestimating the influence of ancient culture on our everyday lives in India - a living example of what whitewashing of our history has achieved. In the words of B B Lal, director of the Archaeological Survey of India: ...the application by married Hindu women of vermilion (sindūra) in the partition line of the hair on the head, the wearing of multiple bangles on the arms and of pāyala around the ankles; practice of yogic exercises; worshipping Lord Shiva, even in the form of liṅga-cum-yoni; performing rituals using fire-altars, using sacred symbols like the svastika; and so on. Indeed, be not surprised if I told you that the way you greet each other with namaste goes back to the Harappan times. Above all, even some of the folk tales, like those of ‘A Thirsty Crow’ or ‘The Cunning Fox’, which grandmothers narrate to the children while putting them to sleep originated in the Harappan times. https://www.newsgram.com/vedic-and-harappan-are-respectively-literary-and-material-facets-of-same-civilization-b-b-lal/amp/ https://www.newsgram.com/vedic-and-harappan-are-respectively...
- chauhankiran 9y agoI don't personally think that only those part of history needs to be teach that is relevant to generations. >> it makes no sense to keep talking Indian flag has Ashoka chakra in middle.
- kamaal 9y agoSo feel free to opt for history courses as part of your under graduate, graduate and higher level studies. Let's see how many people will quit their jobs and sign up for this if they are truly passionate about it. There are totally 3 text books that you can teach as a part of serious history in high school. Then there is also a part related to world history and other civics education which is very important. How much history do you think be stuffed in those 3 books? Then you have to also divide between contemporary, middle and ancient history. You could cut any century in Indian history and you could come up with 10s to 100s of kings with tons of history for each of them. Want to study it, don't go into Engineering or Medicine or Law or whatever. Opt for a B.A/M.A etc and study history full time. Contemporary history is always easy to relate to current times than something 5000 years back.