A paragraph from Class 8 Kannada -second language textbook on V D Savarkar has gone viral on social media, for apparent "glorification" of the freedom fighter. The lesson, "Kalavannu Geddavaru" is a ...
Controversy continues to dog the textbook revision exercise undertaken by the state government, with certain sections in a lesson on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in the class 8 Kannada textbook drawing ...
The controversial passage is taken from a travelogue in which the author describes the conditions Savarkar was held in while in Andaman cellular jail in elaborate and embellished terms.