Textbooks

California Textbooks: ‘Editing out India is bizarre! We must fight back because this concerns all Indians, not just Hindus’

Led by hundreds of high school students, teachers, parents of Indian kids in American schools and “outraged” grandpas and grandmas, more than 20,000 people have signed off on a stinging letter protesting the recommended changes to California state textbooks from Grade 6 - 10 that could eliminate crucial historical references to India.

If Akbar's great, so is Maharana Pratap: Rajnath Singh wants new chapter in history books

Inaugurating a statue of the king, the Home Minister said that Indian textbooks haven't been able to fully recognise Maharana Pratap's contribution and significance in India's history.

Are we scared to talk about the real India in textbooks?

The secular vs communal anxiety around history textbooks sidesteps a bigger question. Do our textbooks answer the basic question India, especially a younger India, is asking - who are we?

Stereotyping gender roles: Gujarat textbooks and what they teach

Gujarat Board Textbooks replete with errors also show gender bias in textbook with images and text promoting stereotypical gender roles.

Textbook publishers revamp ebooks to fight used books market

A booming market in recent years for selling and renting used college textbooks has saved students across the United States a ton of cash...