Changes in 23rd March text: How we ruined our generations
"The explicit issue is sticky and needs pressing attention. South Asian students are replica of the text they have to read in their schools from class 1 to 12. One can easily identify conflicting interpretations of a same historical event in Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Indian Text books. Lessons regarding partition & creation of Pakistan, creation of Bangladesh and stories of freedom struggle are among few examples yet a comparative study can easily mention roots of prides and prejudices infiltrated in their respective youth through text books." Extract from my unpublished paper
Original Text of LHORE RESOLUTION
“Resolved
that it is the considered view of this Session of the All India Muslim League
that no constitutional plan would be workable in this country or acceptable to
the Muslims unless it is designed on the following basic principles, namely,
that geographically contiguous units are demarcated into regions which should
be so constituted, with such territorial readjustments as may be necessary that
the areas in which the Muslims are numerically in a majority as in the North
Western and Eastern Zones of India should be grouped to constitute ‘independent
states’ in which the constituent units shall be autonomous and sovereign.”[1]
The textbook author omitted the word All India and then add words like Hidu and Muslim States. Just imagine when a child visit Minar e Pakistan and compare the statement what will he thinks about textbook knowledge? If he lost his confidence on textbook knowledge then he gradually lost his confidence on state institutions; ready to use by anyone,
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