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Bengal may drop Tagore’s ‘Africa’ from school syllabus from 2028
West Bengal's school curriculum could see major changes from 2028, including replacing Rabindranath Tagore's poem 'Africa' with 'Shivaji Utsav' in Bengali literature. Playwright Sarat Chandra Sengupta's 'Sirajdaulla' may be replaced by 'Banger…
The Story in Brief
West Bengal's school curriculum could see major changes from 2028, including replacing Rabindranath Tagore's poem 'Africa' with 'Shivaji Utsav' in Bengali literature. Playwright Sarat Chandra Sengupta's 'Sirajdaulla' may be replaced by 'Banger Pratapaditya'.
History textbooks could incorporate contributions of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee as an educationist, while a section on the Singur movement in Class 8 history may be removed. English Mathrubhumi reports these are proposed changes pending final approval from authorities.
The Indian Opinion
The push to swap Tagore for Shivaji and erase the Singur movement looks like selective memory. Neither side is blameless: one wants a sanitised past, the other refuses to examine its own record. The real test is whether the final syllabus keeps the Singur land dispute, a case that shaped Bengal's politics, while honestly covering all freedom fighters. Let's see the approved list, not the draft.
Source: english.mathrubhumi.com
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