In our history text books we give a lot of importance to the freedom struggle and the patriots who fought against the British. And many a times most of the descriptions are emotional in nature. Does this present a problem ? Should history and emotions be mixed ?
History should be taught like mathematics. Provide simple facts are figures to the students. If there is a something thats is a controversy then let it remain a controversy. If there are 2 versions of a story then let the student decide which one has more probability of being the truth.
The following are some random questions that came to my mind while thinking about the history of India.
Should I consider Tippu Sultan an Indian and a patriot just because he fought the British. Should I forget the fact that he had attacked Kerala. For me he is just another King who wanted to expand his kingdom. There is no way Im gonna respect him.
The same applies to Chatrapathi Shivaji. Its sad to see ShivSena people in Kerala, while we dont have any Pazhassi Sena or Marthanda Sena here. Should we forget the fact that their counterparts wants to drive every non Maharashtrian out of Maharashtra.
Why are we not being taught the fact that India was united using force and there were a lot of struggles against the forced unification. Why are we not teaching the mistakes that our great leaders did, especially the ones we are taught to respect soo much. Eg :- Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi.
Did we had to fight the Bangladesh war, and earn another enemy ? Why did we spill the blood of our own soldiers for SriLanka, did we gain anything out of it, other than earn a few enemies.
Was Kashmir really a part of India ? Was it one of the big mistakes Nehru did ?
Who is our greatest enemy, Pakistan or Saudi Arabia ?
Why is Sir CP considered a bad person while every other stupid King in Kerala is given the image of a freedom fighter. He did more reform work in Kerala than 50 years of Independence.
And the list continues with lots of questions that I dont dare to ask.
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