The Prescribed Truth
The Prescribed Truth March 5, 2021 A resident of Kargil enters a bunker for protection during the 1999 conflict between Pakistan and India. Mustafa Tauseef—AFP The accuracy of textbooks on national politics is often victim to prevailing demands of the ‘national narrative’ Textbooks dealing with national politics are supposed to be collections of prescribed knowledge, which don’t necessarily tell the truth if it goes against the accepted “national narrative.” National myths are made permanent in the textbook; and if you deviate as a student-examinee from its “truths” you can a...
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