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we look at the outcry over the treatment of animals in captivity. ah, my name is melissa chant, thanks for joining us. the indian government is revising textbooks and creating controversy for its choices on what to leave out. gone our references to gandhi's opposition to hindu nationalism and chapters on the moodle dynasty of muslim rulers . contemporary events being cut include the 2002 googe, a rot, riots, violence that took place on prime minister and to render modi's watch when he was then the states chief minister. his ruling party says these changes are necessary. blaming the former ruling, national congress party and leftist historians for curricular that it says have been divisive. t w's ideal, but reports from delhi. it is the new academic dome at the school in your daily.

these 12th grade students are getting the 1st introduction to the wise textbooks on history and politics. students will no longer find the full background behind mark mcgann these assassin some chapters on hundreds of years of muslim rule in india and references to the 2000 to withdraw riots in which war 1000 people mostly muslims, while killed when prime. mr. moore, the we had at the state school principal who jam alotta is visiting the classroom today to breathe the students about the changes in the curriculum bed what there are some deleted portions. yes. as why she supports the textbook changes. i feel like everybody knows that not rom garcia has little girl gun needy. but you know, since it's related to the, in the muslim,

so it has been creating lot of you wouldn't cry. it has been deleted. i feel it is good. the text okay, is a good change which has been done, the curriculum has been improved. i, her school is just one of many that are mandated to introduce the new curriculum. in $23.00 states across india, thousands of classes will study the wise textbooks that critics say, present a hindu nationalist region of the country. the revisions have sparked a national debate, taking in new daily's joel on narrow university regular gatherings are taking place, could discuss ways of rolling back the deductible what he did it today. students are going to attend a public lecture by historian such them hodgin novel switch that has been teaching at the university for more than 3 decades to communion. she says the revisions made by india's national council of educational research and training,

or an a t. m. to weaponized and theories, history pursued the governments particular agenda. this present regime and its ancestors be have made it an ideological weapon or tool in their project political project, an intellectual cultural project, off dawning, this country into a hindu dominant countries. bgp spokesperson denot sharma strongly disagrees. she believes the changes when necessary corrections to what she says was until now, a pro muslim curriculum. a curriculum she puts and tightly at the feet of the opposition congress body. if they could on the names of those people who were definitely in a fort against india and oh, been in justice to india, but they have been gratified in the past books off history that and by congress gum

and critics, all the revisions feared that by rewriting history, a whole generation of students will grow up with a distorted, an incomplete understanding of the nation. but wanting a certain, the battle for india as boston is very much a battle for india's future. joining us as uganda yada former advisor to india's national council of educational research and training which produces textbooks for the federal level. thank you for joining our the program now just. ringback give our viewers who may not know too much about india. another example, i understand that information about darwin and evolution have also been removed from the exam syllabus. so what is going on here with all these changes? funny you might think comically you might say, but what's happening is actually the tragic in many ways because textbooks are

being rewritten, i did not say read written these are being mutated they are, they are being scrapped. they are being donna bought by the current regime s, but it's ideological based. now, it must be, remember that these textbooks are the books made by the federal government, which i'm not been dietrie, but it so happens that in most states of india, these are the books which have been for all these books are very extensively read written in year 2007, 956, and 7. and what was unusual about those textbooks at that time and i was involved in that is that these books were very non partisan. these books were followed some of the best bet vertical practices. but ever since the cont, reaching by mr. moody has come to power in year 2014. they have been tinkering these books every year or something on the other keeps happening. and what we have

seen now is one of the most extensive changes. pruning to suit the ideological taste. this has happened extensive in history in political science and as you mentioned in science as well. i don't want to rehash something that happened a long time ago, but i understand he resigned a decade ago under criticism for some content you did remove it. so it seems inevitable that people have different political persuasions. will want to contest the contents of school books, but it sounds like you think was happening now is somehow worse. and if so, why? in our case we've designed because so we wrote something, the textbooks and the minister refused to defend the textbooks in the pond. them and this was under the previous routine and we thought it is only appropriate that 2 books that have been written should be defended on the floor of the parliament when the minister did not defend resigned,

but that was under the previous reaching next books all over the world are contest and there's absolutely no doubt because history is contested. because the way to contest the present is to contest the past. that's exactly what's happening and i'm sure that's been the case in germany as well. now what the country team is doing is to pick out selectively bars from our past, from our order past, and from our recent past, which do not suited for instance, the fact that the father of our nation ma guntee was assassinated. and he was assassinated by someone who had their right wing ideological leanings, which are very close to the ideology of the political reaching out. this is a fact the government wants to take out this fact. just imagine the father of the nation was assassinated and they want to whitewash the fact that he was assassinated by someone with an ideal richie. this is what is creating the problem

. they want to carefully obliterate quietly. it is the fact of the influence of islam luck on again. history. you cannot completely take it away. but every year, the dick out wanting to ensure that india's history is seen mainly as a history of one single religion. how does the students themselves feel about these changes? dest lost the student, but i guess it decks books do not translate them his directly to the students. it all depends on the teachers. it depends on the schools. it depends on the examination system. but notwithstanding all that, the fact is that if there is a book lying on your table, the book would bring, you said in fact, even if the teacher is not very enthusiastic about saying it. and in a country like india, where in large number of homes x book is the only book

a winnable in that house. the fact that x book brings matters. so the student is not just the student, it's also parents, it's about the household. having said, in fact, that has been removed. yes, students feel that much of the content is being taken away. i'm sure they feel confused more than ever before. if you want to delete one phrase of in the us history, student will feel rapid confused. but i'm sure it's best to ask them directly. yeah, done. great. yeah, thank you so much for joining us. ah, kill pakistan now where a sick elephant in karachi z u has died, despite efforts to save her the suffering of your johanna, as she was called, has renewed criticisms over pakistan's dues and whether they have the resources and

expertise to meet international standards for animal care i report contains images that some might find upsetting tears for nur jahan the 17 year old elephant who has died at pakistan's karachi zoo. she was suffering from pre existing serious ailments that's had debated whether she should be euthanized to after she fell. and upon last week, in the end, she was unable to get back up on her feet. again, new jaw, eager to say noor john had been ill for a short time at odd you her 11 days ago we took up her treatment very seriously. got up in bunny, i visited her then and started her treatment. we were here day and night to look after her. i myself didn't leave for 48 hours straight. rog, gracias, administration would monitor or daily for 6 to 7 hours. are actually the most important thing for us that was did she was an acid of karachi? how about any of that other hemmed up? he had water as her videos of nur jahan,

leaning against the side of her cage. struggling to stay upright, sparked a wave of anguish in pakistan. she had a hematoma in her abdomen, as well as a broken pelvis and arthritis. pakistan is royals by an acute economic crisis. the turmoil has not only affected people, but also animals. karachi who has struggled to feed its animals and to pay for their care nor john was brought to pakistan from tanzania, along with 3 other elephants. more than 12 years ago. her suffering came to embody the plight that captive wild animals sure around the world. or death sparked calls for their better treatment and zoos. austrian animal welfare group for pause said in a tweet that nur johannes story was reminder of the suffering that captive wild animals endure in pakistan under round the world under reminder to do better for

paul's wants, the zoos. other elephant ma do bala to be transferred to a more species appropriate location soon to life can be extremely challenging for elephants in captivity. the animals are usually dead, but the time they reach 40. whereas elephants in the wild have a life expectancy of 60 to 70 years. that's all for now. there is more stories from the region on our website, d, w dot com, forward slash asia. we're back tomorrow. see event with issues with all say will gray. he will need to

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they might this is due to me, a business on the watts in berlin. welcome to the program. over a 1000 lives lost in an instant the collapse of the ron plaza, textile factory, and bangladesh. shaw light on the appalling conditions faced by many of the worlds factory workers. now exactly 10 years on of the lessons been learned. memories of the nightmare. okay. cartoon still has these images stuck in her head. she was working in the ronna plaza textile factory near bangladesh, his capital dhaka. when the building collapsed, more than 1100 people were killed, ro care was seriously injured. what did i look welcome of will love with this in lieu of that, i will never be able to forget that day. look at the memories of it. make me incredibly sad, a model that they've got them. i feel like i'm still buried under the rubble of them is that i.