Rejecting the view that the cartoon in the Standard XII textbook,prepared by the NCERT, denigrated the anti-Hindi movement in TamilNadu, Yogendra Yadav, Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study ofDeveloping Societies, argued that the "book is one of thefirst attempts in the history of textbook writing in India to havegiven due prominence to the Dravidian Movement in post-IndependentIndia." "I am shocked and surprised to see that the legatees of theDravidian Movement are objecting to the textbook. It is ironic thatsuch an initiative is being attacked by those who should havewelcomed it," Prof. Yogendra Yadav told The Hindu on the phone from Delhi. Mr. Yadav, one of the chief advisers of the NCERT who resignedafter a controversy broke out over a cartoon on Dr. Ambedkar, said:"You cannot read a cartoon in isolation from the text withwhich it appears." Recalling the text accompanying the cartoon, "initially seenas a threat to Indian nationalism, regional politics in Tamil Naduis a good example of the compatibility of regionalism andnationalism," he said this text had recognised howsignificant and effective the anti-Hindi agitation was and the deepimpact the Dravidian Movement had on Tamil Nadu politics. "Idon't see how this is an affront to Tamil pride." Mr. Yadav said that like poetry or painting, a cartoon was abalance of several elements, and one could not pick and choose ordrop one element at one's will. "The section on the Dravidian Movement has four elements,besides the text. There is a text box on the biography of Periyar.There is a photograph [courtesy, the photo archives of The Hindu] of the anti-Hindi demonstration, which shows the depth of massmobilisation. There is a small clipping about the opposition to theDravidian Movement by Hindi protagonists. Finally, there is acartoon drawn at that time by R.K. Laxman, which brings out anelement of irony, which was noted by commentators at that time. Theright way to look at a textbook is to ask whether all the fourelements and the text, as a whole, give a fair and non-partisandescription of various view points," he said. I am an expert from ps3-motion-controller.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Cool USB Gadget , Unique Electronic Gadgets Manufacturer, IPhone Gamepad Controller,and more.
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