#Rohit Chakrathirtha

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For almost a thousand years since Basavanna, Karnataka formed its identity through a lively dialectic between the ‘living presence of a teacher’s mind’ and the ‘dominant national narrative’. What defines Karnataka is the rich history of the tension between the two. The best of Karnataka’s medieval scholarship was devoted to subversive and creative re-interpretations of older texts, not a mechanical adoption and extension. The Rohit Chakrathirtha Committee appears to have set aside the historical reality of the very spirit of learning in Karnataka as well as the principle of inclusion that Dr Ambedkar embedded in the Constitution.

GN Devy, ‘The spirit of Karnataka in jeopardy in textbooks’, Deccan Herald

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BJP govt communalising minds of young with new curriculum says Prez candidate Sinha | India News

BJP govt communalising minds of young with new curriculum says Prez candidate Sinha | India News

BENGALURU: The opposition parties President of India election candidate Yashwant Sinha on Sunday said the Karnataka BJP government is trying to communalise the minds of the young students in the state with a new curriculum. Taking note of the large scale protests over the textbook review by the Rohit Chakrathirtha committee and the changes made by the education department, Sinha said: “In…

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BJP govt communalising minds of young with new curriculum says Prez candidate Sinha | India News

BJP govt communalising minds of young with new curriculum says Prez candidate Sinha | India News

BENGALURU: The opposition parties President of India election candidate Yashwant Sinha on Sunday said the Karnataka BJP government is trying to communalise the minds of the young students in the state with a new curriculum. Taking note of the large scale protests over the textbook review by the Rohit Chakrathirtha committee and the changes made by the education department, Sinha said: “In…