Need to rewrite history that distorts facts: Dina Nath Batra

CHANDIGARH: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue Dina Nath Batra on Saturday said there was a need to rewrite Indian history as it did not reflect the Indian ethos. He said that it tends to distort facts and run down heroes of the Indian freedom struggle and spiritual tradition.
Batra was in Chandigarh on Saturday to address the 24th annual conference of the Panchnad Research Institute.Addressing the gathering, Batra said the present education system was largely information-based. It just amounted to dumping and vomiting of information and not useful to build comprehensive personality of the students, who could deliver to the society meaningfully.
He demanded setting up of an autonomous education commission comprising educationists to evolve a comprehensive education policy for the country. The commission, he said, must not have political nominees.
Batra also suggested that social service be made integral part of the education system. "At every terminal stage in the education of a child, social service must be made essential and for this educational institutions, including universities and colleges, should adopt villages for the purpose," he added.