Hopping on the bandwagon of those protesting against the revision of school textbooks by the Rohith Chakrathirtha-led committee, the Bengaluru unit of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat has raised objections to the neglect of icons from Karnataka in the revision process.
In a release, unit president N. Prakash Murthy said that lessons on State icons of the Bhakti and Sufi movements, such as Akka Mahadevi, Purandaradasa, Kanakadasa, and Santa Shishunala Sharif had been removed, while national icons had been given prominence.
Mr. Murthy further said that it was sad that a person who had “insulted” the naada geethe (State anthem) had headed the committee that revised textbooks. He demanded that the revisions be dropped and the old textbooks retained.
