Singh Sabha Mum­bai, which has taken the lead to pre­sent mem­o­randa and other de­tails to the Par­lia­men­tary Stand­ing Com­mit­tee on Ed­u­ca­tion, Women, Chil­dren, and Youth & Sports, in a let­ter to its chair­per­son -Dr Vinay P Sa­hasrabud­dhe has sought an ex­ten­sion of time for sub­mis­sion of changes, sug­ges­tions and ad­di­tions to the text­books pre­scribed in cur­ricu­lum across the coun­try from the last date of 15 July 2021 to 15 Sep­tem­ber 2021, cit­ing rea­sons for pre­oc­cu­pa­tion with Covid19-re­lated Sewa. WSN re­ports.

SINGH SABHA MUM­BAI PRES­I­DENT Ragh­bir Singh Gill, in a let­ter to the Thane-based Mem­ber Par­lia­ment -Dr Sa­hasrabud­dhe, has said that “We are seized with the is­sue of cor­rec­tion in his­tory books for a long time as there are many in­ac­cu­ra­cies in the His­tory books in the State of Ma­ha­rash­tra also.”

He men­tioned that since the last three months, the pre­mier body of Sikhs in Mum­bai -Sri Guru Singh Sabha Mum­bai Dadar and many other Gur­d­waras were en­gaged in “pro­vid­ing re­lief, med­ical sup­port and suc­cour to the vic­tims and fam­i­lies of the Covid19 pan­demic,” and hence were un­able to fo­cus on this. 

“Singh Sabha Mum­bai is co­or­di­nat­ing work of aca­d­e­mics, ex­perts and stu­dents to en­sure that cor­rect in­for­ma­tion and de­tails can be sent. It is im­por­tant to cor­rect the his­tory books, con­sid­er­ing that this has a last­ing ef­fect on our chil­dren’s psy­che and so­cial un­der­stand­ing.”

“It is im­per­a­tive that time is af­forded to schol­ars and ac­tivists, for which the last date may be ex­tended to 15 Sep­tem­ber 2021.”

Ragh­bir Singh Gill pointed out that the task is mon­u­men­tal and there­fore it is “im­per­a­tive that time is af­forded to schol­ars and ac­tivists, for which the last date may be ex­tended to 15 Sep­tem­ber 2021.”

WSN learns that many Sikh or­gan­i­sa­tions and in­di­vid­ual ac­tivists are writ­ing to the chair­per­son with the hope that the date will be ex­tended.