By Sidharth Mishra
In older times in suburban India, the homes which had school going children, ubiquitously adorned a symbolical chart of famous national leaders. This would hang alongside another chart, which told us succinctly about our national bird, national animal, national game and so on. It was taken for granted, courtesy these charts, that children would know who the first president of India was and who was the inaugural chief of army staff. The television was still to arrive and these leaders were recalled with certain respect and dignity attached to their name.
Today’s notebook doesn’t purport to discuss the ill-effects of television on school-going children. There is no immediate need for it; television hasn’t got better or worse during the past week to invite a discussion. It’s the increasing evolution of historical and national icons as caste leaders which worries your reporter today.
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