“Decolonisation Vs Hindi imposition: Fresh controversy erupts as Kerala and Tamil Nadu oppose new names of NCERT textbooks”, Opindia, April 18, 2025:

“Amidst the ongoing controversy around the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the false claims of Hindi imposition, a fresh row has erupted over the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), replacing the names of some English textbooks with Hindi ones.

The Kerala government and others usually accuse the Central government of linguistic and cultural imposition, and have deemed NCERT’s move to name its English-medium textbooks with Hindi titles as a continuation of the same.

Under the NEP 2020, the NCERT has changed the names of several textbooks including Class 6 English textbook, which has been renamed from Honeysuckle to Poorvi (eastern), Class 1 and 2 English textbooks have been renamed as Mridang (an Indian musical instrument), Class 3 English textbook has been named as Santoor (musical instrument). Meanwhile, the Class 6 mathematics book will now be known as Ganit Prakash, and Class 3’s as Maths Mela…….”

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