The question is do the Hindus believe the
Vedas? Why you have to rely on what others believe?
RB
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Subject: Re: [Assam] India's Government
Strikes Mention of Beef Eaters From New History Books on Ancient India
I wonder what proof we have (besides mention in Vedas [Rig Veda]) about
Indians eating beef? As you know most Western historians would not believe
Hindu scriptures are historiucally true -then why quote from them for beef
eating?
1. India's Government Strikes Mention of Beef
Eaters From New History Books on Ancient India
NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 12, 2006: (HPI note: The irony of
this NCERT action is that the previous BJP government met with vigorous
opposition from the now ruling Congress party and allies when it attempted
to make the same change, considered an affront to Hinduism, in the text
books.)
References to ancient India's beef-eaters have been done away
with in NCERT's newly-introduced history textbooks. NCERT, National Council
of Educational Research and Training, is the national commission responsible
for the textbooks in India's schools. NCERT changed the syllabus for Classes
I, III, VI, IX and XI from this year in accordance with the national
curriculum framework (NCF) 2005, to prescribe broad guidelines for an ideal
course curriculum. Till last year, Class VI and XI textbooks had references
to beef-eating habits. "These references were there in ancient Indian
history books for Classes VI and IX till last year. Those textbooks have
been replaced and the new ones have no mention of beef-eating," NCERT
spokesman Ashish Bahad said. The reference had raised objections from
several quarters last year and a Public Interest Litigation was filed in the
Supreme Court. NCERT had also formed a three-member expert committee to look
into the matter. "Following the NCF 2005, NCERT developed new history
textbooks that attempt to arouse the curiosity of schoolchildren. The books
encourage students to find out historical facts on their own," Bahad
added.
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