Textbooks Get It Wrong; Abysmal presentation of Hinduism stirs a parental revolt in Virginia

Hinduism Today | March 31, 2006| | Copyright

Behal, Ambika
Hinduism Today
03-31-2006
DR. RAKESH BAHADUR, WHOSE children are in the Fairfax County Public School
(FCPS) system in northern Virginia, told HINDUISM TODAY, "One day my
daughter came home and said, 'Daddy, what you teach us about Hinduism is
wrong, since the description of Hinduism in my textbook is different.'"

Bahadur (bahadurr@comcast.net) had just experienced firsthand what many
Hindu parents have discovered: textbooks and teachers across the United
States are woefully ill-equipped to provide an accurate view of Hinduism.
Our 5,000-year-old Hindu culture is being summarized in a ...

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