[Assam] India's Government Strikes Mention of Beef Eaters From New History Books on Ancient India

[umesh sharma]

If Hindus do not believe the Vedas then who does --but lets not mix religious beliefs with historical facts and reasoning  --as many of the Net say:))
   
  Od do you want the history txtbooks to write as follows: 
  "Hindus believe that the ancient Hindus used to eat Holy cow - who is their mother -as per their belief," --that makes no sense.
   
  What do you propose?
   
  Umesh

Rajen & Ajanta Barua <barua25 at hotmail.com> wrote:
      The question is do the Hindus believe the Vedas?  Why you have to rely on what others believe?
  RB 
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  From: umesh sharma 
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  I wonder what proof we have (besides mention in Vedas [Rig Veda]) about Indians eating beef? As you know most Western historians would not believe Hindu scriptures are historiucally true -then why quote from them for beef eating?
   
  Umesh

Rajen & Ajanta Barua <barua25 at hotmail.com> wrote:
            1.   India's Government Strikes Mention of Beef Eaters From New History Books on Ancient India  epaper.timesofindia.com
  NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 12, 2006: (HPI note: The irony of this NCERT action is that the previous BJP government met with vigorous opposition from the now ruling Congress party and allies when it attempted to make the same change, considered an affront to Hinduism, in the text books.)

References to ancient India's beef-eaters have been done away with in NCERT's newly-introduced history textbooks. NCERT, National Council of Educational Research and Training, is the national commission responsible for the textbooks in India's schools. NCERT changed the syllabus for Classes I, III, VI, IX and XI from this year in accordance with the national curriculum framework (NCF) 2005, to prescribe broad guidelines for an ideal course curriculum. Till last year, Class VI and XI textbooks had references to beef-eating habits. "These references were there in ancient Indian history books for Classes VI and IX till last year. Those textbooks have been replaced and the new ones have no mention of beef-eating," NCERT spokesman Ashish Bahad said. The reference had raised objections from several quarters last year and a Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Supreme Court. NCERT had also formed a three-member expert committee to look into the matter. "Following the NCF
 2005, NCERT developed new history textbooks that attempt to arouse the curiosity of schoolchildren. The books encourage students to find out historical facts on their own," Bahad added.


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Harvard Graduate School of Education,
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