History Textbooks: Our Own Theatre of the Absurd
Yamini Aiyar | 20 July 2025 | Deccan Herald
After inexplicable delays, a new set of social science textbooks was released last week, ostensibly aligned to reflect the new pedagogical approach of the NEP 2020 and the associated 2023 new curriculum framework. No one is fooled.
These textbooks have little to do with updating the pedagogy or making our remarkably unimaginatively written, and taught history textbooks exciting for young students. The communal and prejudiced undertones of this rewrite are visible in the Standard 8 history textbooks…