01118nam a2200169Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200160007610000190009224501080011126000540021930000110027352006080028465000140089265000120090665000300091820261001115353.0260603s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und||  a9780670049134  223a371 KUM  aKumar, Krishna 0aPrejudice and prideb : school histories of the freedom struggle in India and Pakistanc/ Krishna Kumar  aNew Delhib: Viking / Penguin Books Indiac, 2001  a230 p.  aIn this book, the first of its kind, Krishna Kumar explains how the history texts of both countries selectively narrate incidents or refrain from doing so for various ideological and cultural reasons. In order to show how widely the two perceptions vary, the author compares the textbooks currently used in Indian and Pakistani schools. He examines the representation of major episodes - like the 1857 rebellion, Independence and Partition - and the portrayal of personalities like Gandhi and Jinnah. The last part of the book analyses essays written on Partition by Indian and Pakistani schoolchildren.  aEducation  aHistory  aMoral and Ethical Aspects