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

Fri Jun 16 22:39:14 PDT 2006

Dear Barua,

>Now why the Hindus should have any problem in believing >this to be true,
and why the Hindus try to hide this fact by >distorting the record.

I really don't think mainstream Hindus have any problem in this. Many Hindus
recognize that ancient Hindus supposedly did eat beef. Who is trying to hide
this fact? Most Hindus don't care one way or the other about this. The fact
that some in the education department now or in previous BJP govt. tried to
rewrite some textbooks has little relevance to mainstream Hindus.

And just because some BJP or Congress minister wants to do this, certainly
does not mean "all Hindus". That is too broad a brush.

>Is that what Hindusim teach: To compromise with the truth if >found not to
one'e liking?

I am not sure if you ever had the chance to read the Old Testament and then
compare it to the New Testament? If you have,  you would know that
'compromising the truth' is not just a Hindu monopoly. And then extend this
to the politically correct interpretations of Islam.
Simply put, if you want to find problems with religions and the faithful,
you won't have to look far in any religion.

--Ram

On 6/17/06, Rajen & Ajanta Barua <barua25 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Umesh:
> It seems that the facts are very clear. The Vedas recorded that the
> ancient Hindus used to eat Beef. Now why the Hindus should have any problem
> in believing this to be true, and why the Hindus try to hide this fact by
> distorting the record. Is that what Hindusim teach: To compromise with the
> truth if found not to one'e liking?
>  RB
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com>
> *To:* Rajen & Ajanta Barua <barua25 at hotmail.com> ; assam at assamnet.org
>  *Sent:* Friday, June 16, 2006 7:50 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Assam] India's Government Strikes Mention of Beef Eaters
> From New History Books on Ancient India
>
>
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com>
> *To:* Rajen & Ajanta Barua <barua25 at hotmail.com> ; assam at assamnet.org
> *Sent:* Friday, June 16, 2006 10:26 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Assam] India's Government Strikes Mention of Beef Eaters
> From New History Books on Ancient India
>
>
> 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<http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=CAP&login=rajivhtc&AW=1150137227203>
> 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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