The present government’s obsession with whitewashing caste is obvious considering they want to expound the notion that there is equality and no caste issues within Hinduism. How else can they bring Hindus under brand Hindutva?

The HRD ministry has decided to remove three chapters from the NCERT History text books. The chapters to be deleted include one on clothing and how social movements influenced how we dressed (Clothing – A history). The second chapter (History and Sport: The Story of Cricket) is on the history of cricket in India and its connection to the politics of caste, region and community. The third chapter (Peasants and Farmers) focuses on the growth of capitalism and how colonialism altered the lives of peasants and farmers. This is being done under the garb of ‘reducing burden on students’.

Here are the key points in each of the three chapters: