Amid controversy over the inclusion of RSS founder KP Hedkewar’s text in school textbooks in Karnataka, it has now come to light that lessons on social reformers Sri Narayana Guru and Periyar have been removed from the 10th standard social science textbook.
The neglect of Narayana Guru’s lesson is likely to become a major issue, especially in the coastal and upcountry areas of the state, which is heavily populated by social reformers. Already, there have been protests over the inclusion of RSS leader Keshav Paliram Hegde’s speech. Debates are also raging in the state.
In this case, the PDF of the new social science textbook has been published on the website of the State Textbook Institute. Part 5 features a lesson entitled Social and Religious Reform Movements.
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That chapter contains information about Rajaram Mohan Raj, the founder of the Brahma Samaj, Dayanand Saraswati, the founder of the Arya Samaj, Atmaram Bandurang, the founder of the Prarthana Samaj, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, the founder of the Ramakrishna Mission, and Swami Vivekananda. But the information about Periyar and Narayana Guru in the previous edition has been deleted.
Former Congress legislator JR Lobo told reporters that the development was an insult to the great social reformer. However, the government still has a chance to add the missing lesson as the textbooks have not been printed yet. The government should take immediate action.
Lobo recalled the incident in which Narayana Guru of Kerala went missing from a Republic Day parade earlier this year, saying that despite their opposition to the development at the time, they may have been left out of the table due to oversight, but now, their purpose has become much clearer. He said it even seems to have been deliberately left out of the table.
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