Extremism in India via Textbooks
Using textbooks for extremism is a national disease or epidemic and it is
still in use in many states. If one deconstructs this phenomenon she/he will
found defeatist mentality based on narrow nationalism. Sometimes narrow
nationalism grows under prides and many times it grows under prejudices.
Whatsoever are the forces behind it but in the end it serves against the State itself for
sure. Mixture of religion and nationalism is a lethal combination and it often proved self-destructing
too. Using narrow nationalism as a pride is problematic and in post-colonial
South Asia its foundations are in 1960s. The policies adopted by Indian State
from annexation of GOA (1961) laid foundations of narrow nationalism but defeat
in Sino-Indian conflict of 1962 deepened the crisis. The ultimate boiling point
of that narrow nationalism was 1971 when Indian Army had to participate in a war
out of its borders just to help an uprising in neighboring Pakistan. “I sink Two nation theory in Arabian sea”
either Indra Gandhi said it after 16-December 1971 or not but in reality it was
beginning of destruction of self-image of Indian State in the whole region. It was Andrei Gromyko, Ex Russian Forign Minister who pointed out it timely in Feb 1971 and Mohit Sane recorded it via
Rajeshwar Rao yet in pride Indian ruling classes did not listen to it. Interestingly it was Raj gopal Acharia, First native Governor General of India who opposed annexation of Goa timely yet no one listen him too. People
like Dinanath
Batra are ultimate product of
Decade of narrow nationalism (1961-1971). Due to that narrow nationalism States
of India and Pakistan invited extremists for help and in return they had
liberties to annex vital institutions in the country. Still we are unable to
challenge extremists in both countries because they have links within
ourselves. Read the story of Indian textbooks and learn the fatal impacts of
narrow nationalism in education.
READ the story filled by Hindu newspaper
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