“Jeevan Who Has No Religion” is the title of the controversial portion of the revised VIIth standard Social Science text book, now prescribed for study in the schools following the Kerala syllabus. Following is a verbatim translation of the little Malayalam story under the said title.
With the parents seated in the chairs in front of him, the headmaster began to fill up the application form for enrolling the new student:
“Son, what is your name?”
“Jeevan”
“Good … good name. Father's name?”
“Anwar Rasheed”
“Mother's name?”
“Lakshmi Devi”
The headmaster looked up and addressed the parents:
“Which is the religion you want to enter against the boy in the register”?
“Nothing. You may write no religion”
“Caste?”
“Not necessary”
The headmaster leaned back on his chair and asked a little reflectively:
“Supposing the child feels the need for a religion when he grows up?”
“Let him choose when he wants to”
Courtesy: http://pd.cpim.org/2008/0706_
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