While attempts by the BJP government in Karnataka to “glorify” Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar has been in the news, it has now come to light that a lesson on him has been inserted in the revised high school curriculum by the Rohith Chakrathirtha-headed textbook revision committee.
Earlier, insertion of a speech by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar had turned controversial.
It has come to light that the Class VIII, Kannada-2, textbook has added writer K.T. Gatti’s “Kalavannu Geddavaru” lesson instead of the lesson “Blood Group.” This lesson is a travelogue, where the author talks about the Andaman cellular jail, where Savarkar was incarcerated by the British.
