On 7th Grade School Text Book Actually I was thinking that the present public outrage against the social studies book for 7th standard was unnecessary. However, after reading the page no. 24th of the book, I changed my mind. A translation of the said page is given below: All this don’t affect me Which religious group gets most affected by the different problems mentioned below? a) Price Rise b) Drought (Shortage of Drinking water) c) Infectious Diseases d) Earthquake My finding:………………………………………………. The child is advised to write their findings on the above question! Other than simply provoking the sentiments of mostly religious people of the state, what message this question convey? Remember, you are asking this nasty question to the students of the most secular state of India! Sure, political parties are fishing from the filthy water for political gain. But why to create a situation for them to do this? This, combined with other ‘objectionable’ contents, the various religious groups finds it as a deliberate attempt to inject Marxian / atheist ideology through the text books. Postscript: replace the word “religious group” with “political party” (select answer from: Congress, Marist, IUML, BJP) or with “non-religious group” and try to give ‘my findings…….’
