California Hindu Textbook Controversy
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What is the California Hindu Textbook Controversy All About?
I. Introduction
II. Academic Issues
III. Supporting Organizations
IV. Opponents of Hindu edits
V. Reports
VI. Press Coverage
:: Supporting Letters ::
VII. By Academics
VIII. By Political Representatives
IX. By Individuals & Organizations
X. Public Testimomies
XI. Miscellaneous
XII. Litigation
II. ACADEMIC ISSUES AND RELATED RESOURCES

A. FAQ/ General Articles on Academic Issues:
  1. Memorandum presented by a Hindu in Sacramento, California, to Sue Stickel and Tom Adams of CDE on 10 February 2006

  2. FAQ giving a summary of the academic issues over depiction of Hinduism and Ancient India: Hating Hindus in a Scholarly Way by Vishal Agarwal

  3. Academic Review of Criticisms of Hindu Edits by 2nd CRP (Michael Witzel, Stanley Wopert, James Heitzman advising) by a Team of Scholars [This is a 91 page PDF but is downloadable easily

  4. Contradictions in State Board of California’s final decision on Hinduism Related edits
B. CA textbooks and Women in Hindu Dharma
  1. "Women in Hinduism and CA textbooks" by Vishal Agarwal
    Part I
    Part II
    Part III

  2. Status of Women in Ancient India by Karthik Kalavai Venkat

  3. Do California Textbooks Discriminate against Hindus? How do they describe the Role of Women, by Vishal Agarwal (03/08/06)

  4. Women in Shri Vaishnav Hinduism
C. Hindu notions of Divinity
  1. Is Hinduism Monotheistic by Karthik Kalavai Venkat

  2. Hinduism 101 dt. 02/10/06 in the ‘United Press International’

  3. Hindu Notions of Unity of Divinity
D. Caste and Untouchability
  1. Dalit or Harijan By R.Upadhyay

  2. Dalit or Harijan

  3. Do Hindu edits Whitewash Untouchability? Fosa Spreads False Propaganda” by Vishal Agarwal (published on 03/04/06)

  4. Your Child is a Broken Person by Karthik Kalavai Venktat

  5. Seminal role of Non-Brahmins in Hindu traditions by Vishal Agarwal

  6. Passages from authoritative and popular Hindu texts advocating liberal versions of Varna system, brief collection by Vishal Agarwal
E. Academic Aryanism and the Origins of Hinduism:
  1. What is the Aryan Migration Theoryby Vishal Agarwal

  2. “Witzel’s Vanishing Ocean, How to read the Vedas anyway you want”by David Frawley

  3. “Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate”by Koenraad Elst

  4. “History of Hinduism and the Aryan Invasion Theory”BBC website

F. CA Department of Education Documents:
  1. California State Board Learning Standards for Grade VI Chapter on Ancient India and Hinduism

  2. California Department of Education Guidelines for depiction of Religion in Social Science Textbooks: See page 11

  3. California Department of Education Framework for History and Social Science in Public Schools,

  4. Learning Resource Display Centers (Addresses of CA County offices where proposed textbooks are displayed for comment)

  5. CA History-Social Science Content Standards for Public Schools, by Department of Education,
G. Older Articles on Textbook Adoption Process and Misc.
  1. State Textbook Adoption

  2. Judging Books by their Covers by Dr Richard Feynman

  3. Why don’t we fix our Textbooks dt. 05/22/05 in The Washington Post

  4. American Textbook Council website

  5. The Textbook Adoption Mess