Rewriting history

Why NCERT deletions on Mughals and Gandhi suit the RSS

Earlier this year, the National Council of Educational Research and Training—tasked with devising school curricula and syllabi—deleted many details pertaining to the Mughal era and the assassination of MK Gandhi from its textbooks. The Caravan spoke to several individuals about what this could mean for India and how it fits into the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s vision for the country.

Video report by Shahid Tantray and Sibtain Hyder.