Humpty Dumpty ruled 'too Western'

[cake4breakfast]

It's goodbye to Baa Baa Black Sheep and Humpty Dumpty for children in primary schools in a central Indian state.
The Madhya Pradesh government has banned the teaching of English nursery rhymes in primary schools to "reduce Western influence" on children.

Indian rhymes will now replace their popular English counterparts.

"There is no need for

Comments

[yarinaosu]

Do they even have wool production in India? I always thought that cotton dominated that region.

[kenosis]

Maybe in far north India? That's where all the British went to live because it was easier to change geography than it was to change clothing.

[yarinaosu]

lol

Wouldn't they just have hairy... what are those fuzzy creatures? Yaks?

Moo moo Black Yak, have you any fur? Yes sir, yes sir a whole lotta bags full.

[sugarimp]

Even New Delhi can get pretty cold in the winters- up to 2'C, which is good hypothemia weather if you aren't well clothed. Plus India's got a hole range of mounatins, where it snows.

[cake4breakfast]

While the issue with rhymes themselves is pretty interesting, like everyone has pointed out, what I really thought intriguing was the fact that the BJP (a Hindu nationalist Party) is succeeding in aligning Indian nationalism and patriotism with Hinduism in a supposedly a secular, religiously plural country. I just wonder if in complement to the introcution of tales from the life of Ahilya Bai, will they add other religious stories to the cirriculum? Will this trend continue in other Indian states? And what kind of backlash wil we see from other religious groups, if any (I can't see why not)?