Sunday, June 14, 2009

A victory for Hindus and Indian civilization « Hindu focus

  • A victory for Hindus and Indian civilization « Hindu focus

  • http://www.diigo.com/068tu

  • tags: Hinduism

    • It is possible that many Hindus are not even aware of this prolong and ongoing selfless fight of the California parents against the distorted historical and religious depiction that their children learn in schools.
    • One hopes that they do not let their efforts end until they actually implement changes in the controversial segments and continue spreading their success story to encourage Hindus across the world.

    • California education board to compensate Hindu-American parents

    • The California Department of Education and the State Board of Education have agreed to pay US $ 175,000 to the California Parents for the Equalisation of Educational Materials (CAPEEM) the organisation formed by Hindu American parents to fight the case against the California State.
    • “Believing that its points had been clearly understood by the defendants, CAPEEM opted not to prolong the litigation.
    • The State entered into negotiations with CAPEEM and agreed to pay CAPEEM US $ 175,000 in exchange for a voluntary dismissal of the lawsuit,” CAPEEM said in a statement.
    • CAPEEM said Hindu parents in California participated in the adoption process and conveyed that the proposed textbooks contain factually incorrect information about ancient India and Hinduism while repeating derogatory, colonial-era clichés and perpetuating Eurocentric and Biblical views.
    • Consequently it filed a law suit in 2006.
    • In its lawsuit CAPEEM charged that Hinduism is not treated on par with other religions in these textbooks. Positive aspects of ancient India and Hinduism are ignored, while Euro-centric, colonial and Biblical views are given prominence in the textbooks, it said. Whereas Christianity, Islam and Judaism are presented from the believers’ perspective, Hinduism is presented from the non-believers’ perspective, CAPEEM alleged.

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