06 Press coverage

VI. PRESS COVERAGE (in reverse chronological order)

A. Articles in American Newspapers and Ezines:

• Hindu groups sue the State Panel over Textbooks, in The Sacramento Bee, issue dt. 23 March 2006

• Hindu Group Files Lawsuit to Stop Sixth Grade Textbook in the Religion News, dt. 03/20/06

• A New Chapter in Hinduism dt. 03/20/06 in LA Times

• Setting a Place for Hindus at the Table, dt. 03/17/06 in the United Press International,

• Lawsuit Challenges how Hinduism is Taught, dt. 03/17/06, in ‘San Francisco Chronicle’

• Hindu Group Plans to File Lawsuit over Textbook Changes by Jonathan Jones in ‘Inside Bay Area (Argus)” dt. 03/11/06

• Hindu Groups Loose Fight to Change Textbooks in ‘San Francisco Chronicle’ dt. 10 March 2006

• “State Revises Textbooks on Hindu History” in ‘Sacramento Bee’ dt. 09 March 2006

• Panel Approves Textbook Changes in ‘The Argus’, dt. 03/09/06,

• Vote on Textbooks Upsets some Hindus in ‘San Jose Mercury News’ dt. 09 March 2006

• Board of Education Approves some changes to Hindu changes to Textbooks in ‘San Francisco Gate’ on 08 March 2006

• What do California Textbooks teach about Hinduism? State Textbooks Contribute to Ignorance about Hinduism by Vamsee Juluri in ‘San Francisco Chronicle’ dt. 03/06/06

• History in California is a Painful Subject in ‘Science and Theology News’, by Chhavi Sachdev, dt. 03/03/06

• Panel Suggests Revising Textbooks in ‘LA Times’, 02/28/06,

• Groups Seeking Textbook Revisions dt. 02/28/06 in ‘San Francisco Chronicle’

• A Textbook Debate over Hinduism in ‘LA Times’, 02/27/06,

• Scholars, Faithful debate Portrayal of Hinduism in CA Textbooks in ‘Mercury News’, dt. 02/17/06

• Oppose Creationism by J Sreedhar in Stanford Daily issue dt. 02/17/06

• Battling the Past by Vrinda Normand (in Silicon Valley Metro, 1-7 February 06’) available online

• “Ancient Civilization, Modern Problem”, in ‘The Argus’, dt. 01/30/06

• [Hindu History Ignites Brawl over Textbooks" by Deepa Ranganathan dt. 01/26/06 in the Sacramento Bee, reproduced

  ](https://web.archive.org/web/20110728120926/http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=H-Asia&month=0602&week=a&msg=wVP/JPaCCi5YJS7YUFoqTw&user=&pw=) - Defending the Faith, New Battleground in Textbook Wars, by Dan Golden in ‘Wall Street Journal’ (01/25/06) available online to subscribers

• Textbooks and Hinduism, why accuracy matters, dt. 01/10/06 in ‘New American Media’

• Hindus and Sikhs Protest Curriculum Changes in California Textbooks dt. 12-02/05, in ‘New American Media’

• Hindus and Sikhs Protest Curriculum Changes in California Textbooks dt. 12-02/05, in Pacific News Service

B. Articles in Indian-American Newspapers and Ezines:

• “In CA Textbooks Row, a Win-Win Situation, Apparently”in India Abroad dt. 24 March 2006

• Hinduism Treated Unequally in California Textbooks by Rajiv Malhotra, in ‘Little India’, issue dt. March 2003

• Hindu Groups Sue California Board of Education dt. 03/19/06 in Rediff.com

• Panel Accepts some Textbook edits after Controversy, dt. 0317/06, in ‘India West’

• “Board Relents, Hindus win Key Concessions” by Gaurang Desai and Jayant Shukla, in ‘India Post’, dt. 03/17/06

• “Compromise over California Textbook Issue” in ‘India Abroad’ dt. 03/10/06.

• “Row Over California Textbooks, Who Won? Who Lost?” in ‘India Post’, dt. 03/10/06

• Teaching Bias in ‘India Currents’, dt. 03/01/06

• [“California School Textbook Issue, HSC student debates with Harvard Professor”](IndiaHerald 2-17-06.pdf), in ‘India Herald’, dt. 02/17/06

• “Broken Child” by Karthik Kalavai Venkat, dt. 02/17/06 in ‘India Post’

• “Dalits Enter California Textbook Fray” dt. 02/09/06, by Viji Sundaram in ‘India West’

• California School Textbooks: Students Debate with Professor Witzel of Harvard (on 02/03/06) by Special Staff Correspondent in ‘Lokvani’ ezine

• CA Textbooks- From East Coast to West Coast, in ‘ABCD Lady’ (February 2006)

• Indo-Americans Protest Indian History in American Textbooks in Indolink (02/02/06) available online

• Organizations Raise Ire Over The California Textbook Controversy by Niraj Mohanka, published in the February 2006 issue of ‘Lokvani’ emagazine

• Hindu Text Case, Legal Aid Sought, dt. 01/30/06, in Rediff.com

• Disconnect between Expertise and Reality with Dangerous Consequences, in India New England, Boston, on 19 December 2005, By Prof. Bal Ram Singh (UMass Dartmouth)

• Hindu Activists Partially Succeed (India Herald, 16 December 2005)

• Whose Religion is it Anyway, by Dr Ramesh Rao (December 2005) available online

• India West, Dec 9 story: “Calif. state panel Agrees to make changes in history course”.

• ‘India West’: Dec 22, 2005 - Yvette Rosser’s letter to the Editor: “Stereotypes, Errors In Calif. Textbooks”

C. Articles in Indian Newspapers

• Hindu Foundation Sues California Board of Education dt. 03/20/06 in The Deccan Herald

• Culture Saved, Don wins the Textbook War, in The Deccan Herald, dt. 22 March 2006

• Sunset in Sacramento by Sandhya Jain in ‘The Daily Pioneer’, dt. 03/09/06

• Secular US seems kinder to Hindus than India by S. Gurumurthy (12/29/05 in New Indian Express), available online

• Harvard Don Denigrates Hindus by Kanchan Gupta, dt. 12/25/05 in ‘The Daily Pioneer’, online

• CBE to Revise Hindu Text in School Textbooks by Sam Rao and Kalyani Vasan in Indian Express (23rd December 2005 available online

• Rewritten History raises Intellectual Temper in California by Meenakshi Ganjoo, dt. 01/17/06, in OutlookIndia.com,

• Indian History books raise storm in America, in The Times of India (01/17/06) available online

• “Bigotry and Prejudice, the Depiction of Hinduism in the West”, by Rajeev Srinivasan
  Part I
  Part II titled ‘Endemic Discrimination Against Hindus’ dt. 02/03/06 in Rediff.com
  Parts III, IV and V were not published, but they are available online (scroll down at this link)

• I am not for Rewriting Hinduism, interview of HAF legal Counsel Suhaag Shukla dt. 12/29/05 in ‘India Abroad’

D. Articles in Pakistani Newspapers and pro-Khalistan Websites:

• Defeat for Hindutva Revisionists by Michael Witzel in ‘The Dawn’ dt. 12 March 2006,

• Crushing Defeat for Hindutva Revisionists by Michael Witzel in ‘The Panthic Weekly’, issue dt. 03/19/06

E. Canadian Media Reports:

• Rewarding the Violent, Penalizing the Tolerant, in ‘Canada Free Press’ dt. 03/22/06

• Religious Groups are Deciding to take on Media Vilification in ‘Toronto Times’, dt. 03/04/06

F. Online Newspapers of Indian Political Parties:

• RSS now Targets CA Textbooks by Nalini Taneja on 04 December 2005 in Communist Party of India (Marxist) online newspaper

G. Podcasts:

• History/Whose story?

• Snakes in the Grass

• Branding Wisdom

H. Older but Relevant Articles:

• Wiping Stereotypes of India Off the Books (Washington Post, 17 April 2005 by Maria Glod)

• Mona Vijakar battles to get Misreprentations about India removed from School Textbooks, in India Abroad, issue dt. 11 August 2004

• Putting a Spotlight on Indian History in The Mercury News, dt. 29 July 2003