Shuddho – Aushuddho: Distorting History, One Step at a Time
Brief post ahead of the weekend…in which I discover a new meaning of the words “Shuddho” and “Aushuddho”. Extracted from Sh CJS Walia’s review of Arun Shourie’s “EMINENT HISTORIANS: Their Technology, Their Line, Their Fraud”
Several of Shourie’s chapters appeared first as columns. One of his readers sent him a copy of a circular sent by the West Bengal Government Secondary Board ordering revisions of Class IX History textbooks..
The accompanying pages contained two columns: Aushuddho (Errors) and Shuddho (Corrections).
Shourie provides numerous examples from these pages.
From Bharuter Itihash by Shobhankar Chattopadhyaya, published by Narmada Publishers, page 181:
Aushuddho – “To prevent Hindu women from being seen by Muslims, they were directed to remain indoors.”
Shuddho – Delete.
In Bharater Itihash by P. Maiti, published by Sreedhar Prakashini, page 139:
Aushuddho – “There was a sense of aristocratic superiority in the purdah system. That is why upper-class Hindus adopted this system from upper-class Muslims. Another opinion is that purdah came into practice to save Hindu women from Muslims. Most probably, purdah came into vogue because of both factors.*”
Shuddho – Delete
In Swadesho Shobhyota by Dr. P.K. Basu and S.B.Ghatak, published by Abhinav Prakashan, page 145:
Aushuddho – “Because Islam used extreme inhuman means to establish itself in India, it became an obstacle for the coming together of Indian and Islamic cultures.”
Shuddho – Delete.
In Bharatvarsher Itishash by Dr. Narendranath Bhattacharya, published by Chakravarty and Son, page 89:
Aushuddho – “Sultan Mahmud looted valuables worth 2 crore dirham from Somnath temple and used the Shivling as a step leading up to the masjid in Ghazni.”
Shuddho – Delete ‘and used the Shivling as a step leading up to the masjid in Ghazni.’
I am too angry at the moment to react…But I guess I should not be too surprised (this is why).  If readers have other/similar examples, please share them below via the comments section or pl email me at jaidharma AT gmail.com. Try and have a restful weekend.
Related Posts:
“Defalsify India’s History†by Subramanian Swamy – Excerpts
Correcting “Historyâ€: One Step at a Time
* Also read this post from the blog on “Purdah”: Exposing “Purdah†– the Truth behind the Veil
Image courtesy: Abhinav Agarwal
That book by Dr. Shourie is recommended. Also greatly recommend “Lies With Long Legs” by Prodosh Aich. Take a look when you can. Documents the shocking nature of western ‘scholarship’ on Indology.
Goan history textbooks mentioned that Portuguese Saved Goa from getting captured by Sambhaji (shivaji’s son who has almost defeated the Portuguese in Goa but had to retreat because of another battle).
http://koenraadelst.bharatvani.org/books/negaind/index.htm
Adding this here for the record: Outrage over Bengal school textbooks labeling freedom fighters as ‘terrorists’