Skeletons continue to tumble out of the closet even after the dissolution of the Rohith Chakrathirtha-headed School Textbook Revision Committee. In the latest revelations, lessons on State icons of the Bhakti and Sufi movements, such as Akka Mahadevi, Purandaradasa, Kanakadasa, and Santa Shishunala Sharif have been removed in the revised textbooks, while national icons have gained prominence.
The committee has completely dropped the ‘Bhakti movement and Sufi movement’ lessons from the class VII, Social Science part-1 textbook. But national icons in Bhakti and Sufi movements, like Mira Bai, Guru Nanak, and Chaitanya’s lessons are repeated in class VI and IX, Social Science part 2 textbooks.
