The Indian Express: the Government finds [these 16 pages] so dangerous that in an unprecedented circular all CBSE schools have been directed to ‘delete’ these sections ‘with immediate effect.’ And ensure that they ‘not be taught in the respective classes’, or even ‘discussed in the classrooms’.

These portions include: Pages 40-41: Romila Thapar’s Ancient India textbook for Class VI: About 50 words on the status of cows in village households mentioning that ‘beef was served as a mark of honour to special guests’ and that in later centuries, Brahmans were forbidden to eat beef’.

Yeah, so they ate beef in India as early as the Rig Vedic period. India’s dirty little secret — the sacred cows weren’t always that way. Didn’cha know that?