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The article has a Controversy section: > The CBSE in December 2016 issued a circular to all 19,000 affiliated schools under it asking that a section 'Caste Con
by willvarfar 4y ago
The article has a Controversy section:
> The CBSE in December 2016 issued a circular to all 19,000 affiliated schools under it asking that a section 'Caste Conflict and Dress Change' – a chapter that included the Channar revolt – be omitted from the curriculum with effect from 2017
which links to https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/after-long-delayed-trial-kerala-court-finds-14-guilty-tribal-youth-madhu-s-murder-175458 https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/after-long-delayed-tri...
Why was it banned, and how did it turn out?
- hgsgm 4y agoThe link currently is this: https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/cbse-says-nadar-women-s-historic-struggle-cover-their-breasts-objectionable-54555 https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/cbse-says-nadar-women-... cbse-says-nadar-women-s-historic-struggle-cover-their-breasts-objectionable-54555 This article says that historical revisionists suceeded in the censorship, much like the states in the USA that removed the history of racism from the curriculum. https://scroll.in/article/917353/ncert-decision-to-remove-chapter-on-caste-struggle-in-kerala-from-history-textbook-draws-criticism https://scroll.in/article/917353/ncert-decision-to-remove-ch...
- naravara 4y agoThe talk page seems to suggest the controversy is around a "breast tax" section of the article that has since been removed. Evidently there doesn't seem to be any historical record of it happening and most reports are based on repetition of village stories of dubious historical veracity. The editors even complain about the poor state of Indian media and the agenda-driven approaches to discussing history within it.