India textbook says meat-eaters lie and commit sex crimes
16 November 2012
Meat-eaters "easily cheat, lie, forget promises and commit sex crimes",
according to a controversial school textbook available in India.
New Healthway, a book on hygiene and health aimed at 11 and 12 year-olds, is
printed by one of India's leading publishers.
Academics have urged the government to exercise greater control.
But the authorities say schools should monitor content as they are
responsible for the choice of textbooks.
"This is poisonous for children," Janaki Rajan of the Faculty of Education
at Jamia Millia University in Delhi told the BBC.
"The government has the power to take action, but they are washing their
hands of it," she said.
It is not known which Indian schools have bought the book for their
students, but correspondents say what is worrying is that such a book is
available to students.
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