From: indu@iss700.Columbia.NCR.COM ()
Subject: Re: RSS   ( also enclosed THE SYLLABI changes article)
Originator: indu@iss700
Organization: NCR Corp, E&M-Columbia, Columbia, SC
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 17:18:03 GMT

Article 82451 of soc.culture.indian:
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: RSS 


>In the latest issue of the India Today there's an article about
>the extent to which the RSS has permeated the education system 
>in the BJP ruled states. They have been given the right to set up
>an educational system in parallel and independent of the govt. run
>educational system, which imparts primary and secondary level education.

BullShit! If you like people to believe all the garbage you are pouring
then try support with some kind of evidence. Donot try to getaway with 
making CONCLUSIVE statements without any PROOF.

ANYWAY if people with nationalistic orientation are now given their 
due recognition what is your objection. Any way RSS cannot isolate itself
to just education system. It's impact should get into every sphere of human 
life. Their basic ideology is MANMAKING. Once you make a man( both sexes), 
that is enough to set the nation to its GLORIOUS FUTURE. 

If you are intending to quote INDIA TODAY,  do "quote" the article. May be
it would be nice of you to provide the article to other NETTERS and let them
also start understanding the facts. An average s.c.i netter does not have 
access to INDIA TODAY  in U.S.A. Hence  if you can post the article
VERBATIM then every one can read and judge for themselves, rather than 
learning it thru your CYNICAL way. Atleast that way you can convince of
your intentions and concerns.


>Its obvious that these are ideal centres to impart the RSS ideology
>to impressionable minds and a look at their text books do give an
>indication of the fact.

IF YOU DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT RSS THEN ACKNOWLEDGE IT. RSS never considers
any other way of imparting their way of life, identification of national
glory other than the playground technique ( which they call SHAKHA, a branch).
They play for one hour a day in the playground of neighborhoods in a locality
and that is the only way which  is effective to learn about 
the NATIONAL life.

>
>There was one example given which really took the cake and showed cynicism
>at its worst. One question which was actually asked in one math class goes 
>as follows : (from memory)
DON'T PUT YOUR JUNK. "QUOTE".
>
>==
>If it takes 15 kar-sevaks to demolish the Babri masjid in 300 days, how
>many kar-sevaks would it take to demolish it in 30 days ?
>==

ANY WAY CORRECT THE LINE FIRST. It is not  **** BABRI masjid ****. It is
a Babri construction, on a RAM Mandir.

A typical muslim way of thinking. Well if you can show that this is a real 
incident and prove it then we can get to the actuals. Any way, I had 
to learn from other sources other than my HISTORY text books about the
destruction the ISLAMIC rulers have brought to INDIA and its culture. 
So these type of things need to be imbibed into these books.

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WHAT ARE THESE MODIFICATIONS? For those interested in knowing that 
please read the articles posted in Misc.news.southasia by Dinesh Agarwal
( hope Dinesh would not  mind me quoting his articles for reference purposes).
Also I'm eclosing that article at the end of my article for NETTERS to 
learn the facts.
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                    Any way, if INDIAN history, its glorious past and its 
national heritage and culture should not be studied schools then I wonder 
what the course curriculum should be? Probably how ISLAM was formed and 
ISLAMIC crusades and barbaric invasions of ISLAMIC rulers on INDIA and their
settlement tactics should be imparted.  More about arabs and their culture
and crusades? 

Before you talk about any of this, how come what ever is going on in a
typical MADARASA escaped your eyes? Probably all the anti-Indian venom, 
anti HINDU hatred imbibed to innocent kids may not even catch your attention.
CHECK those areas. 


>--Javed.
-Indu.
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Article: 472 of misc.news.southasia
Newsgroups: misc.news.southasia
From: DXA4@PSUVM.PSU.EDU (Dinesh Agrawal)
Subject: India - Vedic math in school curriculum in Uttar Pradesh


From: Dinesh Agrawal
Source: Times of India, August 2, 1992
Country: India

August 7, 1992 (Date Received)

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Lucknow: The new secondary school syllabus in UP reveals the extent to which
the Kalyan Singh ministry has gone to ensure both teachers and students in
this home state of Ram and Krishna draw inspiration from the Vedas and other
Hindu scriptures. The textbooks of mathematics, history and Hindi have been
given new chapters glorifying Indian and ancient cultural heritage dating
back to the Vedas.

   The mathematics syllabus for class IX includes the preliminary principles
and practices of vedic mathematics, dating back to 1000 BC.

   The objective, says the education director in the preface of the mathematics
textbook, is to apprise students of the glorious traditions of maths in India.

   A 296-page tabloid size teacher's guide for teaching Vedic maths in high
school classes is full of diagrams, illustrations and brilliantly written prose
on the virtues of vedic maths.

   VEDIC MATHS: Quoting jagat guru Shankaracharya Swami Bharti Krishna Tirathji
maharaj, a spokesman of the government says; present research has brought to
light the perfect  mathematical structure of the Vedic texts. The 16 Vedic
sutras provide a structured system which is applicable in, and hence, is capa-
ble of explaining almost any facet of cosmos both at abstract as well as appl-
ied levels. These sutras in their philosophical interpretations even explain
the functioning of human psychology.

   "Sanskrit is a rich language and for deeper meaning, one has to dive deep
into the original sutras. The first Vedic sutra, ekadhiken purvena in simple
English means 'by one more than the previous one' and a couple of very interst-
ing applications are presented in Pushp-I"

    Almost all the sutras have been incorporated in the new maths syllabus for
secondary level students.

    In April, a special workshop was held by the UP state council for education
research and training (SCERT) in Allahabad on the development of Vedic maths
syllabus wherein the Vedic approach of bindu mein sindhu was explained. "In
Vedic thought we always think of a large number of possibilities and we consi-
der that each small drop represents an ocean. Further, both negative and posi-
tive forces co-exist to make the play go on. Perfectly in tune with this we
find that in Vedic maths we have both positive and negative digits and a
number consisting of them is called vinkulam number," went the explanation.

  HINDI BOOKS: New Hindi textbooks for secondary school students have some
fundamental changes. A conscious effort has been made to include chapters
glorifying India's ancient past.

   A five-page long poem eulogising the bravery of King Maharana Pratap in the
battle of Haldighati written by Shyam Narayan Pandey has been included in the
recognised book Kavya Sankalan for high school.

   The back covers of all the recognised textbooks mandatorily carry Vande
Mataram, the anthem by Bankim Chandra Chatterji.

   Changes that have come about in History books are not fully known as they
have not yet come out of the government Press. However, the government has
decided that the history books will portray the full Indian glory. The books
lay stress on reiterating that the Aryans were the original inhabitants of
India and not immigrants from across the seas.

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