Dr. Rajiva suggests something that would mean retelling of a different history of India than what the children are taught. The history which is part of the curriculum, glosses over tragedies like the Moplah massacre because it would portray the Indian Muslims as the perpetrators rather than victims. The victimhood version of history keeps the Hindus on the defensive and the Muslims intact as a votebank for Congress and the communists. But still Dr. Vijaya is thinking rightly on the lines of instilling a sense of pride in the country based on truth rather than a false sense of victimhood or religious superiority.
What Kashmiri Youth Need is a Sense of History
"Such faulty readings of Kashmir history and indeed of Bharat’s overall history, propagated mainly by the historians of JNU, have delayed the finding of a solution. It cannot be repeated too often that the Muslim presence in Kashmir began only in the 14th century.
Long, long before that, the Hindu and Buddhist presence was there. Simple commonsense, if not an historical sense, should tell the Muslims of Kashmir that chronology cannot be set aside. Since Islam as a religion was founded only in the 7th century, it stands to reason that Islam is a late comer in world history. It would be interesting to see what textbooks are being used in Kashmir schools. Are the young of Kashmir being told fairy tales ? Did history begin only with the advent of Islam ? Were there peoples,cultures and civilizations that existed long before the birth of Islam?"
The article can be read at:
http://www.haindavakeralam.com/HkPage.aspx?PAGEID=11937&SKIN=B
What Kashmiri Youth Need is a Sense of History
"Such faulty readings of Kashmir history and indeed of Bharat’s overall history, propagated mainly by the historians of JNU, have delayed the finding of a solution. It cannot be repeated too often that the Muslim presence in Kashmir began only in the 14th century.
Long, long before that, the Hindu and Buddhist presence was there. Simple commonsense, if not an historical sense, should tell the Muslims of Kashmir that chronology cannot be set aside. Since Islam as a religion was founded only in the 7th century, it stands to reason that Islam is a late comer in world history. It would be interesting to see what textbooks are being used in Kashmir schools. Are the young of Kashmir being told fairy tales ? Did history begin only with the advent of Islam ? Were there peoples,cultures and civilizations that existed long before the birth of Islam?"
The article can be read at:
http://www.haindavakeralam.com/HkPage.aspx?PAGEID=11937&SKIN=B
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