Why cow science is causing controversy in India msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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 Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government in 2019, is seen as a move to push Hindu ideology, which regards cows as sacred, thereby undermining the country’s constitutionally guaranteed secular character.
India scraps ridiculed cow exam that claimed bovines produced gold in their milk
Half a million Indians were set to take the online test on Thursday until universities refused to hold an exam that claimed homegrown cow dung and urine had medicinal powers
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