01-24-2006, 04:40 PM
Summarizing quickly the results of the January 6th meeting: every
important edit from the Hindutva groups that violated historical
accuracy was recommended for removal from the texts. Among the losers:
claims concerning the supposedly indigenous origins of Indo-European
speaking populations (the 'Aryan' issue), the absurd view that ancient
Indian religions were monotheistic even in Vedic times (insisted upon
for sectarian reasons by the Vedic Foundation, whose views of Hinduism
are anything but mainstream), the whitewashing of references to caste
problems (including the unconscionable stripping from the texts of
references to Dalits), the insulting claims about women having
"different" rather than "less" rights in ancient India, the blatantly
nationalist replacement of Hindi for Sanskrit spellings ("Buddha"
becoming "Buddh", etc.).
In sum, all the critical claims of the Hindutva groups began to be
eliminated on January 6th, following our predictions as to what would
inevitably occur sometime in the California case. (It was a foregone
conclusion that something like this would happen at some point, since
California law explicitly forbids the insertion of sectarian claims
into history textbooks.) The textbooks are still by no means not
perfect, and the publishers and Department of Education staff still
must reconcile remaining inconsistencies in the 10 different textbook
'programs', but all the key Hindutva fantasies at least are gone.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indo-Eurasia...ch/message/2815
கலிபோனியாவில் ஜனவரி மாசம் 6 ஆம் திகதி நடந்த கலந்துரைஆடலின் பின் இந்த இந்துதுவக்குழுக்களினால் கொண்டுவரப்பட்ட அனைத்து மாற்றங்களும் எடுக்கப் பட்டுள்ளன.ஆகவே குருவியாரே உமது கண்ணை இனியாவது திறவும்.உமது ஆரச்சி விஞ்ஞானம் என்னும் சப்பைக் கட்டை நிறுத்தி ,பூச்சுத்துவதை ஒரு முடிவுக்கு கொண்டு வாரும். நண்பரிடம் கேட்டு விட்டு வாறன் எண்ட போன ராஜாதிராஜவை இன்னும் காண இல்லை.
important edit from the Hindutva groups that violated historical
accuracy was recommended for removal from the texts. Among the losers:
claims concerning the supposedly indigenous origins of Indo-European
speaking populations (the 'Aryan' issue), the absurd view that ancient
Indian religions were monotheistic even in Vedic times (insisted upon
for sectarian reasons by the Vedic Foundation, whose views of Hinduism
are anything but mainstream), the whitewashing of references to caste
problems (including the unconscionable stripping from the texts of
references to Dalits), the insulting claims about women having
"different" rather than "less" rights in ancient India, the blatantly
nationalist replacement of Hindi for Sanskrit spellings ("Buddha"
becoming "Buddh", etc.).
In sum, all the critical claims of the Hindutva groups began to be
eliminated on January 6th, following our predictions as to what would
inevitably occur sometime in the California case. (It was a foregone
conclusion that something like this would happen at some point, since
California law explicitly forbids the insertion of sectarian claims
into history textbooks.) The textbooks are still by no means not
perfect, and the publishers and Department of Education staff still
must reconcile remaining inconsistencies in the 10 different textbook
'programs', but all the key Hindutva fantasies at least are gone.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indo-Eurasia...ch/message/2815
கலிபோனியாவில் ஜனவரி மாசம் 6 ஆம் திகதி நடந்த கலந்துரைஆடலின் பின் இந்த இந்துதுவக்குழுக்களினால் கொண்டுவரப்பட்ட அனைத்து மாற்றங்களும் எடுக்கப் பட்டுள்ளன.ஆகவே குருவியாரே உமது கண்ணை இனியாவது திறவும்.உமது ஆரச்சி விஞ்ஞானம் என்னும் சப்பைக் கட்டை நிறுத்தி ,பூச்சுத்துவதை ஒரு முடிவுக்கு கொண்டு வாரும். நண்பரிடம் கேட்டு விட்டு வாறன் எண்ட போன ராஜாதிராஜவை இன்னும் காண இல்லை.