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The problem when societies, or individuals for that matter, start feeling superior to everyone else   And we think here in New York State we have problems with a state-imposed curriculum? According to a report in the New York Times, India’s students had been studying hard for a big test on cows, as part of a new government-imposed curriculum, until a barrage of ridicule and protest forced the exam’s abrupt postponement. The curriculum, devised by the National Cow Commission established by ...

Do India’s Cows Have Special Powers? Government Curriculum Is Ridiculed The Hindu nationalist government postponed plans for a national student exam on cows that critics said used specious claims and substituted religion for science. A cowherd watching over his family’s animals on the outskirts of a village in Maharashtra State, India.Credit...Bryan Denton for The New York Times Feb. 22, 2021 NEW DELHI — Indian students were hitting the books hard in preparation for a big test on...