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-The Times of India&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Government on Monday appeared to be considering putting an end to the innovative use of cartoons to make school textbooks more appealing to students.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Although a committee set up by the government to look into the use of cartoons is to submit its report on June 15, UPA appeared set to end the experiment altogether. &amp;quot;We believe textbooks are not the place where these issues (cartoons) should be influencing impressionable minds. That is our position... I found many of the cartoons in textbooks offensive&amp;quot;, HRD minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after MPs cranked up their protest against the use of satire in textbooks to draw in students.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The minister said that NCERT has already directed the textbooks featuring the cartoons not be distributed. Wholesalers of NCERT books have been told to hold back the books.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After successfully demanding the deletion of an Ambedkar cartoon from a textbook, MPs on Monday upped their ante to demand that cartoons be banned altogether from textbooks. The MPs alleged that cartoons, like Bolywood movies, were part of the conspiracy to malign the political class, and should not be part of textbooks. Cartoons should be confined to columns of newspapers, they said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sibal also spoke of the effect that cartoons can have on impressionable minds. &amp;quot;The issue is not in the context of cartoons; it is about having them in textbooks that influence impressionable minds&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Although he assured that children will get their books sans cartoons in a month&#039;s time, the anti-cartoon stand may mean the end of what was widely appreciated as an imaginative experiment to provide students a respite from bland text. There were no complaints from teachers and students against publishing cartoons in textbooks until Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India chanced upon the one on Ambedkar, drawn by legendary cartoonist Shankar in 1949, in a textbook that was published five years ago.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, the angry cross-party reaction in Lok Sabha indicated that the MPs may have been seethed against the use of satirical device, and protests against the Ambedkar cartoon became the spark to vent their anger. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, while emphasizing that they did not have problem with cartoons per se, objected to their use in textbooks. He held Sibal solely responsible for anti-politician contents in textbooks, and demanded that that the minister should resign immediately.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When asked, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee also endorsed the stand, saying, &amp;quot;Cartoons are for mature minds; not for children.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cartoons making fun of leaders like Ambedkar finding their way into textbooks came under all-round attack in Lok Sabha on Monday, prompting government to promise an inquiry into the role of NCERT officials and ensure there are no recurrences.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The House saw almost a hour-long impromptu discussion with members contending that the impressionable minds of young children were being &amp;quot;poisoned&amp;quot; by such cartoons. Their contention was that an all-out conspiracy was being enacted to put politicians in poor light, may it be the media or Bollywood.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Raising the issue, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) said she was shocked to hear during a visit to a school that out of 100-odd children she interacted with, none wanted to join politics. While seeking the reasons, she said that she came to know of the textbook in which cartoons lampooning politicians have been incorporated. One of the students said he did not want to join politics as politicians were &amp;quot;looters, criminals and thieves&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sanjay Nirupam of Congress regretted that politician bashing has become &amp;quot;fashionable&amp;quot; and said it was all the more regrettable that the textbooks have been brought out by the NCERT under the HRD ministry.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pointing out that cartoons played a role in presenting the problems of the society in a different manner, Sharad Yadav (JD-U) said, &amp;quot;Such cartoons needed mature minds to understand. The minds of the youngsters who are being taught are not.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
BJD&#039;s Bhratruhari Mahtab pointed out that impressionable minds of young students were being polluted, not by the cartoons, but by the tasks they were asked to perform on the basis of the cartoons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, TKS Elangovan (DMK), Dara Singh Chauhan (BSP), M Thambidurai (AIADMK), Shatabdi Roy (Trinamool Congress), Gurudas Dasgupta (CPI), Anant Geete (Shiv Sena), Basudeb Acharia (CPI-M) and Lalu Prasad (RJD) expressed concern over the wrong depiction of politicians in a sustained manner.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Wholesalers of NCERT books have been told to hold back the books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After successfully demanding the deletion of an Ambedkar cartoon from a textbook, MPs on Monday upped their ante to demand that cartoons be banned altogether from textbooks. The MPs alleged that cartoons, like Bolywood movies, were part of the conspiracy to malign the political class, and should not be part of textbooks. Cartoons should be confined to columns of newspapers, they said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sibal also spoke of the effect that cartoons can have on impressionable minds. &amp;quot;The issue is not in the context of cartoons; it is about having them in textbooks that influence impressionable minds&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although he assured that children will get their books sans cartoons in a month&#039;s time, the anti-cartoon stand may mean the end of what was widely appreciated as an imaginative experiment to provide students a respite from bland text. 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He held Sibal solely responsible for anti-politician contents in textbooks, and demanded that that the minister should resign immediately.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When asked, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee also endorsed the stand, saying, &amp;quot;Cartoons are for mature minds; not for children.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cartoons making fun of leaders like Ambedkar finding their way into textbooks came under all-round attack in Lok Sabha on Monday, prompting government to promise an inquiry into the role of NCERT officials and ensure there are no recurrences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The House saw almost a hour-long impromptu discussion with members contending that the impressionable minds of young children were being &amp;quot;poisoned&amp;quot; by such cartoons. 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&lt;br /&gt;
Government on Monday appeared to be considering putting an end to the innovative use of cartoons to make school textbooks more appealing to students.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Although a committee set up by the government to look into the use of cartoons is to submit its report on June 15, UPA appeared set to end the experiment altogether. &amp;quot;We believe textbooks are not the place where these issues (cartoons) should be influencing impressionable minds. That is our position... I found many of the cartoons in textbooks offensive&amp;quot;, HRD minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after MPs cranked up their protest against the use of satire in textbooks to draw in students.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The minister said that NCERT has already directed the textbooks featuring the cartoons not be distributed. Wholesalers of NCERT books have been told to hold back the books.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After successfully demanding the deletion of an Ambedkar cartoon from a textbook, MPs on Monday upped their ante to demand that cartoons be banned altogether from textbooks. The MPs alleged that cartoons, like Bolywood movies, were part of the conspiracy to malign the political class, and should not be part of textbooks. Cartoons should be confined to columns of newspapers, they said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sibal also spoke of the effect that cartoons can have on impressionable minds. &amp;quot;The issue is not in the context of cartoons; it is about having them in textbooks that influence impressionable minds&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Although he assured that children will get their books sans cartoons in a month&#039;s time, the anti-cartoon stand may mean the end of what was widely appreciated as an imaginative experiment to provide students a respite from bland text. There were no complaints from teachers and students against publishing cartoons in textbooks until Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India chanced upon the one on Ambedkar, drawn by legendary cartoonist Shankar in 1949, in a textbook that was published five years ago.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, the angry cross-party reaction in Lok Sabha indicated that the MPs may have been seethed against the use of satirical device, and protests against the Ambedkar cartoon became the spark to vent their anger. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, while emphasizing that they did not have problem with cartoons per se, objected to their use in textbooks. He held Sibal solely responsible for anti-politician contents in textbooks, and demanded that that the minister should resign immediately.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When asked, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee also endorsed the stand, saying, &amp;quot;Cartoons are for mature minds; not for children.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cartoons making fun of leaders like Ambedkar finding their way into textbooks came under all-round attack in Lok Sabha on Monday, prompting government to promise an inquiry into the role of NCERT officials and ensure there are no recurrences.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The House saw almost a hour-long impromptu discussion with members contending that the impressionable minds of young children were being &amp;quot;poisoned&amp;quot; by such cartoons. Their contention was that an all-out conspiracy was being enacted to put politicians in poor light, may it be the media or Bollywood.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Raising the issue, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) said she was shocked to hear during a visit to a school that out of 100-odd children she interacted with, none wanted to join politics. While seeking the reasons, she said that she came to know of the textbook in which cartoons lampooning politicians have been incorporated. One of the students said he did not want to join politics as politicians were &amp;quot;looters, criminals and thieves&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sanjay Nirupam of Congress regretted that politician bashing has become &amp;quot;fashionable&amp;quot; and said it was all the more regrettable that the textbooks have been brought out by the NCERT under the HRD ministry.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pointing out that cartoons played a role in presenting the problems of the society in a different manner, Sharad Yadav (JD-U) said, &amp;quot;Such cartoons needed mature minds to understand. The minds of the youngsters who are being taught are not.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
BJD&#039;s Bhratruhari Mahtab pointed out that impressionable minds of young students were being polluted, not by the cartoons, but by the tasks they were asked to perform on the basis of the cartoons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, TKS Elangovan (DMK), Dara Singh Chauhan (BSP), M Thambidurai (AIADMK), Shatabdi Roy (Trinamool Congress), Gurudas Dasgupta (CPI), Anant Geete (Shiv Sena), Basudeb Acharia (CPI-M) and Lalu Prasad (RJD) expressed concern over the wrong depiction of politicians in a sustained manner.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Wholesalers of NCERT books have been told to hold back the books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After successfully demanding the deletion of an Ambedkar cartoon from a textbook, MPs on Monday upped their ante to demand that cartoons be banned altogether from textbooks. The MPs alleged that cartoons, like Bolywood movies, were part of the conspiracy to malign the political class, and should not be part of textbooks. Cartoons should be confined to columns of newspapers, they said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sibal also spoke of the effect that cartoons can have on impressionable minds. &amp;quot;The issue is not in the context of cartoons; it is about having them in textbooks that influence impressionable minds&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although he assured that children will get their books sans cartoons in a month&#039;s time, the anti-cartoon stand may mean the end of what was widely appreciated as an imaginative experiment to provide students a respite from bland text. 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He held Sibal solely responsible for anti-politician contents in textbooks, and demanded that that the minister should resign immediately.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When asked, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee also endorsed the stand, saying, &amp;quot;Cartoons are for mature minds; not for children.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cartoons making fun of leaders like Ambedkar finding their way into textbooks came under all-round attack in Lok Sabha on Monday, prompting government to promise an inquiry into the role of NCERT officials and ensure there are no recurrences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The House saw almost a hour-long impromptu discussion with members contending that the impressionable minds of young children were being &amp;quot;poisoned&amp;quot; by such cartoons. Their contention was that an all-out conspiracy was being enacted to put politicians in poor light, may it be the media or Bollywood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Raising the issue, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) said she was shocked to hear during a visit to a school that out of 100-odd children she interacted with, none wanted to join politics. While seeking the reasons, she said that she came to know of the textbook in which cartoons lampooning politicians have been incorporated. 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                <div align="justify">-The Times of India<br /><br />Government on Monday appeared to be considering putting an end to the innovative use of cartoons to make school textbooks more appealing to students.<br /><br />Although a committee set up by the government to look into the use of cartoons is to submit its report on June 15, UPA appeared set to end the experiment altogether. &quot;We believe textbooks are not the place where these issues (cartoons) should be influencing impressionable minds. That is our position... I found many of the cartoons in textbooks offensive&quot;, HRD minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after MPs cranked up their protest against the use of satire in textbooks to draw in students.<br /><br />The minister said that NCERT has already directed the textbooks featuring the cartoons not be distributed. Wholesalers of NCERT books have been told to hold back the books.<br /><br />After successfully demanding the deletion of an Ambedkar cartoon from a textbook, MPs on Monday upped their ante to demand that cartoons be banned altogether from textbooks. The MPs alleged that cartoons, like Bolywood movies, were part of the conspiracy to malign the political class, and should not be part of textbooks. Cartoons should be confined to columns of newspapers, they said.<br /><br />Sibal also spoke of the effect that cartoons can have on impressionable minds. &quot;The issue is not in the context of cartoons; it is about having them in textbooks that influence impressionable minds&quot;.<br /><br />Although he assured that children will get their books sans cartoons in a month's time, the anti-cartoon stand may mean the end of what was widely appreciated as an imaginative experiment to provide students a respite from bland text. There were no complaints from teachers and students against publishing cartoons in textbooks until Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India chanced upon the one on Ambedkar, drawn by legendary cartoonist Shankar in 1949, in a textbook that was published five years ago.<br /><br />However, the angry cross-party reaction in Lok Sabha indicated that the MPs may have been seethed against the use of satirical device, and protests against the Ambedkar cartoon became the spark to vent their anger. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, while emphasizing that they did not have problem with cartoons per se, objected to their use in textbooks. He held Sibal solely responsible for anti-politician contents in textbooks, and demanded that that the minister should resign immediately.<br /><br />When asked, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee also endorsed the stand, saying, &quot;Cartoons are for mature minds; not for children.&quot;<br /><br />Cartoons making fun of leaders like Ambedkar finding their way into textbooks came under all-round attack in Lok Sabha on Monday, prompting government to promise an inquiry into the role of NCERT officials and ensure there are no recurrences.<br /><br />The House saw almost a hour-long impromptu discussion with members contending that the impressionable minds of young children were being &quot;poisoned&quot; by such cartoons. Their contention was that an all-out conspiracy was being enacted to put politicians in poor light, may it be the media or Bollywood.<br /><br />Raising the issue, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) said she was shocked to hear during a visit to a school that out of 100-odd children she interacted with, none wanted to join politics. While seeking the reasons, she said that she came to know of the textbook in which cartoons lampooning politicians have been incorporated. One of the students said he did not want to join politics as politicians were &quot;looters, criminals and thieves&quot;.<br /><br />Sanjay Nirupam of Congress regretted that politician bashing has become &quot;fashionable&quot; and said it was all the more regrettable that the textbooks have been brought out by the NCERT under the HRD ministry.<br /><br />Pointing out that cartoons played a role in presenting the problems of the society in a different manner, Sharad Yadav (JD-U) said, &quot;Such cartoons needed mature minds to understand. 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&lt;br /&gt;
Government on Monday appeared to be considering putting an end to the innovative use of cartoons to make school textbooks more appealing to students.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Although a committee set up by the government to look into the use of cartoons is to submit its report on June 15, UPA appeared set to end the experiment altogether. &amp;quot;We believe textbooks are not the place where these issues (cartoons) should be influencing impressionable minds. That is our position... I found many of the cartoons in textbooks offensive&amp;quot;, HRD minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after MPs cranked up their protest against the use of satire in textbooks to draw in students.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The minister said that NCERT has already directed the textbooks featuring the cartoons not be distributed. Wholesalers of NCERT books have been told to hold back the books.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After successfully demanding the deletion of an Ambedkar cartoon from a textbook, MPs on Monday upped their ante to demand that cartoons be banned altogether from textbooks. The MPs alleged that cartoons, like Bolywood movies, were part of the conspiracy to malign the political class, and should not be part of textbooks. Cartoons should be confined to columns of newspapers, they said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sibal also spoke of the effect that cartoons can have on impressionable minds. &amp;quot;The issue is not in the context of cartoons; it is about having them in textbooks that influence impressionable minds&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Although he assured that children will get their books sans cartoons in a month&#039;s time, the anti-cartoon stand may mean the end of what was widely appreciated as an imaginative experiment to provide students a respite from bland text. There were no complaints from teachers and students against publishing cartoons in textbooks until Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India chanced upon the one on Ambedkar, drawn by legendary cartoonist Shankar in 1949, in a textbook that was published five years ago.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, the angry cross-party reaction in Lok Sabha indicated that the MPs may have been seethed against the use of satirical device, and protests against the Ambedkar cartoon became the spark to vent their anger. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, while emphasizing that they did not have problem with cartoons per se, objected to their use in textbooks. He held Sibal solely responsible for anti-politician contents in textbooks, and demanded that that the minister should resign immediately.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When asked, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee also endorsed the stand, saying, &amp;quot;Cartoons are for mature minds; not for children.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cartoons making fun of leaders like Ambedkar finding their way into textbooks came under all-round attack in Lok Sabha on Monday, prompting government to promise an inquiry into the role of NCERT officials and ensure there are no recurrences.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The House saw almost a hour-long impromptu discussion with members contending that the impressionable minds of young children were being &amp;quot;poisoned&amp;quot; by such cartoons. Their contention was that an all-out conspiracy was being enacted to put politicians in poor light, may it be the media or Bollywood.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Raising the issue, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) said she was shocked to hear during a visit to a school that out of 100-odd children she interacted with, none wanted to join politics. While seeking the reasons, she said that she came to know of the textbook in which cartoons lampooning politicians have been incorporated. One of the students said he did not want to join politics as politicians were &amp;quot;looters, criminals and thieves&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sanjay Nirupam of Congress regretted that politician bashing has become &amp;quot;fashionable&amp;quot; and said it was all the more regrettable that the textbooks have been brought out by the NCERT under the HRD ministry.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pointing out that cartoons played a role in presenting the problems of the society in a different manner, Sharad Yadav (JD-U) said, &amp;quot;Such cartoons needed mature minds to understand. The minds of the youngsters who are being taught are not.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, TKS Elangovan (DMK), Dara Singh Chauhan (BSP), M Thambidurai (AIADMK), Shatabdi Roy (Trinamool Congress), Gurudas Dasgupta (CPI), Anant Geete (Shiv Sena), Basudeb Acharia (CPI-M) and Lalu Prasad (RJD) expressed concern over the wrong depiction of politicians in a sustained manner.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Wholesalers of NCERT books have been told to hold back the books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After successfully demanding the deletion of an Ambedkar cartoon from a textbook, MPs on Monday upped their ante to demand that cartoons be banned altogether from textbooks. The MPs alleged that cartoons, like Bolywood movies, were part of the conspiracy to malign the political class, and should not be part of textbooks. Cartoons should be confined to columns of newspapers, they said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sibal also spoke of the effect that cartoons can have on impressionable minds. &amp;quot;The issue is not in the context of cartoons; it is about having them in textbooks that influence impressionable minds&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although he assured that children will get their books sans cartoons in a month&#039;s time, the anti-cartoon stand may mean the end of what was widely appreciated as an imaginative experiment to provide students a respite from bland text. There were no complaints from teachers and students against publishing cartoons in textbooks until Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India chanced upon the one on Ambedkar, drawn by legendary cartoonist Shankar in 1949, in a textbook that was published five years ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, the angry cross-party reaction in Lok Sabha indicated that the MPs may have been seethed against the use of satirical device, and protests against the Ambedkar cartoon became the spark to vent their anger. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, while emphasizing that they did not have problem with cartoons per se, objected to their use in textbooks. He held Sibal solely responsible for anti-politician contents in textbooks, and demanded that that the minister should resign immediately.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When asked, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee also endorsed the stand, saying, &amp;quot;Cartoons are for mature minds; not for children.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cartoons making fun of leaders like Ambedkar finding their way into textbooks came under all-round attack in Lok Sabha on Monday, prompting government to promise an inquiry into the role of NCERT officials and ensure there are no recurrences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The House saw almost a hour-long impromptu discussion with members contending that the impressionable minds of young children were being &amp;quot;poisoned&amp;quot; by such cartoons. Their contention was that an all-out conspiracy was being enacted to put politicians in poor light, may it be the media or Bollywood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Raising the issue, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) said she was shocked to hear during a visit to a school that out of 100-odd children she interacted with, none wanted to join politics. While seeking the reasons, she said that she came to know of the textbook in which cartoons lampooning politicians have been incorporated. One of the students said he did not want to join politics as politicians were &amp;quot;looters, criminals and thieves&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sanjay Nirupam of Congress regretted that politician bashing has become &amp;quot;fashionable&amp;quot; and said it was all the more regrettable that the textbooks have been brought out by the NCERT under the HRD ministry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pointing out that cartoons played a role in presenting the problems of the society in a different manner, Sharad Yadav (JD-U) said, &amp;quot;Such cartoons needed mature minds to understand. 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-The Times of India&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Government on Monday appeared to be considering putting an end to the innovative use of cartoons to make school textbooks more appealing to students.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Although a committee set up by the government to look into the use of cartoons is to submit its report on June 15, UPA appeared set to end the experiment altogether. &amp;quot;We believe textbooks are not the place where these issues (cartoons) should be influencing impressionable minds. That is our position... I found many of the cartoons in textbooks offensive&amp;quot;, HRD minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after MPs cranked up their protest against the use of satire in textbooks to draw in students.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The minister said that NCERT has already directed the textbooks featuring the cartoons not be distributed. Wholesalers of NCERT books have been told to hold back the books.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After successfully demanding the deletion of an Ambedkar cartoon from a textbook, MPs on Monday upped their ante to demand that cartoons be banned altogether from textbooks. The MPs alleged that cartoons, like Bolywood movies, were part of the conspiracy to malign the political class, and should not be part of textbooks. Cartoons should be confined to columns of newspapers, they said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sibal also spoke of the effect that cartoons can have on impressionable minds. &amp;quot;The issue is not in the context of cartoons; it is about having them in textbooks that influence impressionable minds&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Although he assured that children will get their books sans cartoons in a month&#039;s time, the anti-cartoon stand may mean the end of what was widely appreciated as an imaginative experiment to provide students a respite from bland text. There were no complaints from teachers and students against publishing cartoons in textbooks until Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India chanced upon the one on Ambedkar, drawn by legendary cartoonist Shankar in 1949, in a textbook that was published five years ago.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, the angry cross-party reaction in Lok Sabha indicated that the MPs may have been seethed against the use of satirical device, and protests against the Ambedkar cartoon became the spark to vent their anger. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, while emphasizing that they did not have problem with cartoons per se, objected to their use in textbooks. He held Sibal solely responsible for anti-politician contents in textbooks, and demanded that that the minister should resign immediately.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When asked, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee also endorsed the stand, saying, &amp;quot;Cartoons are for mature minds; not for children.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cartoons making fun of leaders like Ambedkar finding their way into textbooks came under all-round attack in Lok Sabha on Monday, prompting government to promise an inquiry into the role of NCERT officials and ensure there are no recurrences.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The House saw almost a hour-long impromptu discussion with members contending that the impressionable minds of young children were being &amp;quot;poisoned&amp;quot; by such cartoons. Their contention was that an all-out conspiracy was being enacted to put politicians in poor light, may it be the media or Bollywood.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Raising the issue, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) said she was shocked to hear during a visit to a school that out of 100-odd children she interacted with, none wanted to join politics. While seeking the reasons, she said that she came to know of the textbook in which cartoons lampooning politicians have been incorporated. One of the students said he did not want to join politics as politicians were &amp;quot;looters, criminals and thieves&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sanjay Nirupam of Congress regretted that politician bashing has become &amp;quot;fashionable&amp;quot; and said it was all the more regrettable that the textbooks have been brought out by the NCERT under the HRD ministry.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Pointing out that cartoons played a role in presenting the problems of the society in a different manner, Sharad Yadav (JD-U) said, &amp;quot;Such cartoons needed mature minds to understand. The minds of the youngsters who are being taught are not.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
BJD&#039;s Bhratruhari Mahtab pointed out that impressionable minds of young students were being polluted, not by the cartoons, but by the tasks they were asked to perform on the basis of the cartoons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, TKS Elangovan (DMK), Dara Singh Chauhan (BSP), M Thambidurai (AIADMK), Shatabdi Roy (Trinamool Congress), Gurudas Dasgupta (CPI), Anant Geete (Shiv Sena), Basudeb Acharia (CPI-M) and Lalu Prasad (RJD) expressed concern over the wrong depiction of politicians in a sustained manner.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, striking a discordant note, Sharifuddin Shariq (NC) said there was no need for the lawmakers to get irritated as the cartoons reflected the reality. &amp;quot;Instead we should do some introspection&amp;quot;, he said, asking &amp;quot;was it not a fact that an MP or an MLA, when he goes to contest election for the second time, his assets show a considerably higher graph?&amp;quot; His remarks were opposed by some MPs. &lt;br /&gt;
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                <div align="justify">-The Times of India<br /><br />Government on Monday appeared to be considering putting an end to the innovative use of cartoons to make school textbooks more appealing to students.<br /><br />Although a committee set up by the government to look into the use of cartoons is to submit its report on June 15, UPA appeared set to end the experiment altogether. &quot;We believe textbooks are not the place where these issues (cartoons) should be influencing impressionable minds. That is our position... I found many of the cartoons in textbooks offensive&quot;, HRD minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after MPs cranked up their protest against the use of satire in textbooks to draw in students.<br /><br />The minister said that NCERT has already directed the textbooks featuring the cartoons not be distributed. Wholesalers of NCERT books have been told to hold back the books.<br /><br />After successfully demanding the deletion of an Ambedkar cartoon from a textbook, MPs on Monday upped their ante to demand that cartoons be banned altogether from textbooks. The MPs alleged that cartoons, like Bolywood movies, were part of the conspiracy to malign the political class, and should not be part of textbooks. Cartoons should be confined to columns of newspapers, they said.<br /><br />Sibal also spoke of the effect that cartoons can have on impressionable minds. &quot;The issue is not in the context of cartoons; it is about having them in textbooks that influence impressionable minds&quot;.<br /><br />Although he assured that children will get their books sans cartoons in a month's time, the anti-cartoon stand may mean the end of what was widely appreciated as an imaginative experiment to provide students a respite from bland text. There were no complaints from teachers and students against publishing cartoons in textbooks until Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India chanced upon the one on Ambedkar, drawn by legendary cartoonist Shankar in 1949, in a textbook that was published five years ago.<br /><br />However, the angry cross-party reaction in Lok Sabha indicated that the MPs may have been seethed against the use of satirical device, and protests against the Ambedkar cartoon became the spark to vent their anger. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, while emphasizing that they did not have problem with cartoons per se, objected to their use in textbooks. He held Sibal solely responsible for anti-politician contents in textbooks, and demanded that that the minister should resign immediately.<br /><br />When asked, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee also endorsed the stand, saying, &quot;Cartoons are for mature minds; not for children.&quot;<br /><br />Cartoons making fun of leaders like Ambedkar finding their way into textbooks came under all-round attack in Lok Sabha on Monday, prompting government to promise an inquiry into the role of NCERT officials and ensure there are no recurrences.<br /><br />The House saw almost a hour-long impromptu discussion with members contending that the impressionable minds of young children were being &quot;poisoned&quot; by such cartoons. 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Government on Monday appeared to be considering putting an end to the innovative use of cartoons to make school textbooks more appealing to students.&lt;br /&gt;
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Although a committee set up by the government to look into the use of cartoons is to submit its report on June 15, UPA appeared set to end the experiment altogether. &amp;quot;We believe textbooks are not the place where these issues (cartoons) should be influencing impressionable minds. That is our position... I found many of the cartoons in textbooks offensive&amp;quot;, HRD minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after MPs cranked up their protest against the use of satire in textbooks to draw in students.&lt;br /&gt;
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Although he assured that children will get their books sans cartoons in a month&#039;s time, the anti-cartoon stand may mean the end of what was widely appreciated as an imaginative experiment to provide students a respite from bland text. There were no complaints from teachers and students against publishing cartoons in textbooks until Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India chanced upon the one on Ambedkar, drawn by legendary cartoonist Shankar in 1949, in a textbook that was published five years ago.&lt;br /&gt;
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Raising the issue, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) said she was shocked to hear during a visit to a school that out of 100-odd children she interacted with, none wanted to join politics. While seeking the reasons, she said that she came to know of the textbook in which cartoons lampooning politicians have been incorporated. One of the students said he did not want to join politics as politicians were &amp;quot;looters, criminals and thieves&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Raising the issue, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) said she was shocked to hear during a visit to a school that out of 100-odd children she interacted with, none wanted to join politics. While seeking the reasons, she said that she came to know of the textbook in which cartoons lampooning politicians have been incorporated. One of the students said he did not want to join politics as politicians were &amp;quot;looters, criminals and thieves&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sanjay Nirupam of Congress regretted that politician bashing has become &amp;quot;fashionable&amp;quot; and said it was all the more regrettable that the textbooks have been brought out by the NCERT under the HRD ministry.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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<br />
Government on Monday appeared to be considering putting an end to the innovative use of cartoons to make school textbooks more appealing to students.<br />
<br />
Although a committee set up by the government to look into the use of cartoons is to submit its report on June 15, UPA appeared set to end the experiment altogether. &quot;We believe textbooks are not the place where these issues (cartoons) should be influencing impressionable minds. That is our position... I found many of the cartoons in textbooks offensive&quot;, HRD minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after MPs cranked up their protest against the use of satire in textbooks to draw in students.<br />
<br />
The minister said that NCERT has already directed the textbooks featuring the cartoons not be distributed. Wholesalers of NCERT books have been told to hold back the books.<br />
<br />
After successfully demanding the deletion of an Ambedkar cartoon from a textbook, MPs on Monday upped their ante to demand that cartoons be banned altogether from textbooks. The MPs alleged that cartoons, like Bolywood movies, were part of the conspiracy to malign the political class, and should not be part of textbooks. Cartoons should be confined to columns of newspapers, they said.<br />
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Sibal also spoke of the effect that cartoons can have on impressionable minds. &quot;The issue is not in the context of cartoons; it is about having them in textbooks that influence impressionable minds&quot;.<br />
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Although he assured that children will get their books sans cartoons in a month's time, the anti-cartoon stand may mean the end of what was widely appreciated as an imaginative experiment to provide students a respite from bland text. There were no complaints from teachers and students against publishing cartoons in textbooks until Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India chanced upon the one on Ambedkar, drawn by legendary cartoonist Shankar in 1949, in a textbook that was published five years ago.<br />
<br />
However, the angry cross-party reaction in Lok Sabha indicated that the MPs may have been seethed against the use of satirical device, and protests against the Ambedkar cartoon became the spark to vent their anger. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, while emphasizing that they did not have problem with cartoons per se, objected to their use in textbooks. He held Sibal solely responsible for anti-politician contents in textbooks, and demanded that that the minister should resign immediately.<br />
<br />
When asked, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee also endorsed the stand, saying, &quot;Cartoons are for mature minds; not for children.&quot;<br />
<br />
Cartoons making fun of leaders like Ambedkar finding their way into textbooks came under all-round attack in Lok Sabha on Monday, prompting government to promise an inquiry into the role of NCERT officials and ensure there are no recurrences.<br />
<br />
The House saw almost a hour-long impromptu discussion with members contending that the impressionable minds of young children were being &quot;poisoned&quot; by such cartoons. Their contention was that an all-out conspiracy was being enacted to put politicians in poor light, may it be the media or Bollywood.<br />
<br />
Raising the issue, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) said she was shocked to hear during a visit to a school that out of 100-odd children she interacted with, none wanted to join politics. While seeking the reasons, she said that she came to know of the textbook in which cartoons lampooning politicians have been incorporated. One of the students said he did not want to join politics as politicians were &quot;looters, criminals and thieves&quot;.<br />
<br />
Sanjay Nirupam of Congress regretted that politician bashing has become &quot;fashionable&quot; and said it was all the more regrettable that the textbooks have been brought out by the NCERT under the HRD ministry.<br />
<br />
Pointing out that cartoons played a role in presenting the problems of the society in a different manner, Sharad Yadav (JD-U) said, &quot;Such cartoons needed mature minds to understand. The minds of the youngsters who are being taught are not.&quot;<br />
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BJD's Bhratruhari Mahtab pointed out that impressionable minds of young students were being polluted, not by the cartoons, but by the tasks they were asked to perform on the basis of the cartoons.<br />
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Wholesalers of NCERT books have been told to hold back the books.<br /><br />After successfully demanding the deletion of an Ambedkar cartoon from a textbook, MPs on Monday upped their ante to demand that cartoons be banned altogether from textbooks. The MPs alleged that cartoons, like Bolywood movies, were part of the conspiracy to malign the political class, and should not be part of textbooks. Cartoons should be confined to columns of newspapers, they said.<br /><br />Sibal also spoke of the effect that cartoons can have on impressionable minds. &quot;The issue is not in the context of cartoons; it is about having them in textbooks that influence impressionable minds&quot;.<br /><br />Although he assured that children will get their books sans cartoons in a month's time, the anti-cartoon stand may mean the end of what was widely appreciated as an imaginative experiment to provide students a respite from bland text. There were no complaints from teachers and students against publishing cartoons in textbooks until Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India chanced upon the one on Ambedkar, drawn by legendary cartoonist Shankar in 1949, in a textbook that was published five years ago.<br /><br />However, the angry cross-party reaction in Lok Sabha indicated that the MPs may have been seethed against the use of satirical device, and protests against the Ambedkar cartoon became the spark to vent their anger. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, while emphasizing that they did not have problem with cartoons per se, objected to their use in textbooks. He held Sibal solely responsible for anti-politician contents in textbooks, and demanded that that the minister should resign immediately.<br /><br />When asked, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee also endorsed the stand, saying, &quot;Cartoons are for mature minds; not for children.&quot;<br /><br />Cartoons making fun of leaders like Ambedkar finding their way into textbooks came under all-round attack in Lok Sabha on Monday, prompting government to promise an inquiry into the role of NCERT officials and ensure there are no recurrences.<br /><br />The House saw almost a hour-long impromptu discussion with members contending that the impressionable minds of young children were being &quot;poisoned&quot; by such cartoons. Their contention was that an all-out conspiracy was being enacted to put politicians in poor light, may it be the media or Bollywood.<br /><br />Raising the issue, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) said she was shocked to hear during a visit to a school that out of 100-odd children she interacted with, none wanted to join politics. While seeking the reasons, she said that she came to know of the textbook in which cartoons lampooning politicians have been incorporated. One of the students said he did not want to join politics as politicians were &quot;looters, criminals and thieves&quot;.<br /><br />Sanjay Nirupam of Congress regretted that politician bashing has become &quot;fashionable&quot; and said it was all the more regrettable that the textbooks have been brought out by the NCERT under the HRD ministry.<br /><br />Pointing out that cartoons played a role in presenting the problems of the society in a different manner, Sharad Yadav (JD-U) said, &quot;Such cartoons needed mature minds to understand. The minds of the youngsters who are being taught are not.&quot;<br /><br />BJD's Bhratruhari Mahtab pointed out that impressionable minds of young students were being polluted, not by the cartoons, but by the tasks they were asked to perform on the basis of the cartoons.<br /><br />SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, TKS Elangovan (DMK), Dara Singh Chauhan (BSP), M Thambidurai (AIADMK), Shatabdi Roy (Trinamool Congress), Gurudas Dasgupta (CPI), Anant Geete (Shiv Sena), Basudeb Acharia (CPI-M) and Lalu Prasad (RJD) expressed concern over the wrong depiction of politicians in a sustained manner.<br /><br />However, striking a discordant note, Sharifuddin Shariq (NC) said there was no need for the lawmakers to get irritated as the cartoons reflected the reality. &quot;Instead we should do some introspection&quot;, he said, asking &quot;was it not a fact that an MP or an MLA, when he goes to contest election for the second time, his assets show a considerably higher graph?&quot; His remarks were opposed by some MPs. <br /></div>',
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-The Times of India<br />
<br />
Government on Monday appeared to be considering putting an end to the innovative use of cartoons to make school textbooks more appealing to students.<br />
<br />
Although a committee set up by the government to look into the use of cartoons is to submit its report on June 15, UPA appeared set to end the experiment altogether. &quot;We believe textbooks are not the place where these issues (cartoons) should be influencing impressionable minds. That is our position... I found many of the cartoons in textbooks offensive&quot;, HRD minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after MPs cranked up their protest against the use of satire in textbooks to draw in students.<br />
<br />
The minister said that NCERT has already directed the textbooks featuring the cartoons not be distributed. Wholesalers of NCERT books have been told to hold back the books.<br />
<br />
After successfully demanding the deletion of an Ambedkar cartoon from a textbook, MPs on Monday upped their ante to demand that cartoons be banned altogether from textbooks. The MPs alleged that cartoons, like Bolywood movies, were part of the conspiracy to malign the political class, and should not be part of textbooks. Cartoons should be confined to columns of newspapers, they said.<br />
<br />
Sibal also spoke of the effect that cartoons can have on impressionable minds. &quot;The issue is not in the context of cartoons; it is about having them in textbooks that influence impressionable minds&quot;.<br />
<br />
Although he assured that children will get their books sans cartoons in a month's time, the anti-cartoon stand may mean the end of what was widely appreciated as an imaginative experiment to provide students a respite from bland text. There were no complaints from teachers and students against publishing cartoons in textbooks until Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India chanced upon the one on Ambedkar, drawn by legendary cartoonist Shankar in 1949, in a textbook that was published five years ago.<br />
<br />
However, the angry cross-party reaction in Lok Sabha indicated that the MPs may have been seethed against the use of satirical device, and protests against the Ambedkar cartoon became the spark to vent their anger. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, while emphasizing that they did not have problem with cartoons per se, objected to their use in textbooks. He held Sibal solely responsible for anti-politician contents in textbooks, and demanded that that the minister should resign immediately.<br />
<br />
When asked, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee also endorsed the stand, saying, &quot;Cartoons are for mature minds; not for children.&quot;<br />
<br />
Cartoons making fun of leaders like Ambedkar finding their way into textbooks came under all-round attack in Lok Sabha on Monday, prompting government to promise an inquiry into the role of NCERT officials and ensure there are no recurrences.<br />
<br />
The House saw almost a hour-long impromptu discussion with members contending that the impressionable minds of young children were being &quot;poisoned&quot; by such cartoons. Their contention was that an all-out conspiracy was being enacted to put politicians in poor light, may it be the media or Bollywood.<br />
<br />
Raising the issue, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) said she was shocked to hear during a visit to a school that out of 100-odd children she interacted with, none wanted to join politics. While seeking the reasons, she said that she came to know of the textbook in which cartoons lampooning politicians have been incorporated. One of the students said he did not want to join politics as politicians were &quot;looters, criminals and thieves&quot;.<br />
<br />
Sanjay Nirupam of Congress regretted that politician bashing has become &quot;fashionable&quot; and said it was all the more regrettable that the textbooks have been brought out by the NCERT under the HRD ministry.<br />
<br />
Pointing out that cartoons played a role in presenting the problems of the society in a different manner, Sharad Yadav (JD-U) said, &quot;Such cartoons needed mature minds to understand. The minds of the youngsters who are being taught are not.&quot;<br />
<br />
BJD's Bhratruhari Mahtab pointed out that impressionable minds of young students were being polluted, not by the cartoons, but by the tasks they were asked to perform on the basis of the cartoons.<br />
<br />
SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, TKS Elangovan (DMK), Dara Singh Chauhan (BSP), M Thambidurai (AIADMK), Shatabdi Roy (Trinamool Congress), Gurudas Dasgupta (CPI), Anant Geete (Shiv Sena), Basudeb Acharia (CPI-M) and Lalu Prasad (RJD) expressed concern over the wrong depiction of politicians in a sustained manner.<br />
<br />
However, striking a discordant note, Sharifuddin Shariq (NC) said there was no need for the lawmakers to get irritated as the cartoons reflected the reality. &quot;Instead we should do some introspection&quot;, he said, asking &quot;was it not a fact that an MP or an MLA, when he goes to contest election for the second time, his assets show a considerably higher graph?&quot; His remarks were opposed by some MPs. <br />
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-The Times of India

Government on Monday appeared to be considering putting an end to the innovative use of cartoons to make school textbooks more appealing to students.

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Wholesalers of NCERT books have been told to hold back the books.<br /><br />After successfully demanding the deletion of an Ambedkar cartoon from a textbook, MPs on Monday upped their ante to demand that cartoons be banned altogether from textbooks. The MPs alleged that cartoons, like Bolywood movies, were part of the conspiracy to malign the political class, and should not be part of textbooks. Cartoons should be confined to columns of newspapers, they said.<br /><br />Sibal also spoke of the effect that cartoons can have on impressionable minds. &quot;The issue is not in the context of cartoons; it is about having them in textbooks that influence impressionable minds&quot;.<br /><br />Although he assured that children will get their books sans cartoons in a month's time, the anti-cartoon stand may mean the end of what was widely appreciated as an imaginative experiment to provide students a respite from bland text. There were no complaints from teachers and students against publishing cartoons in textbooks until Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India chanced upon the one on Ambedkar, drawn by legendary cartoonist Shankar in 1949, in a textbook that was published five years ago.<br /><br />However, the angry cross-party reaction in Lok Sabha indicated that the MPs may have been seethed against the use of satirical device, and protests against the Ambedkar cartoon became the spark to vent their anger. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, while emphasizing that they did not have problem with cartoons per se, objected to their use in textbooks. He held Sibal solely responsible for anti-politician contents in textbooks, and demanded that that the minister should resign immediately.<br /><br />When asked, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee also endorsed the stand, saying, &quot;Cartoons are for mature minds; not for children.&quot;<br /><br />Cartoons making fun of leaders like Ambedkar finding their way into textbooks came under all-round attack in Lok Sabha on Monday, prompting government to promise an inquiry into the role of NCERT officials and ensure there are no recurrences.<br /><br />The House saw almost a hour-long impromptu discussion with members contending that the impressionable minds of young children were being &quot;poisoned&quot; by such cartoons. Their contention was that an all-out conspiracy was being enacted to put politicians in poor light, may it be the media or Bollywood.<br /><br />Raising the issue, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) said she was shocked to hear during a visit to a school that out of 100-odd children she interacted with, none wanted to join politics. While seeking the reasons, she said that she came to know of the textbook in which cartoons lampooning politicians have been incorporated. 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Govt humours MPs, may ban all cartoons in school textbooks

-The Times of India Government on Monday appeared to be considering putting an end to the innovative use of cartoons to make school textbooks more appealing to students. Although a committee set up by the government to look into the use of cartoons is to submit its report on June 15, UPA appeared set to end the experiment altogether. "We believe textbooks are not the place where these issues (cartoons) should be influencing impressionable minds. That is our position... I found many of the cartoons in textbooks offensive", HRD minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after MPs cranked up their protest against the use of satire in textbooks to draw in students. The minister said that NCERT has already directed the textbooks featuring the cartoons not be distributed. Wholesalers of NCERT books have been told to hold back the books. After successfully demanding the deletion of an Ambedkar cartoon from a textbook, MPs on Monday upped their ante to demand that cartoons be banned altogether from textbooks. The MPs alleged that cartoons, like Bolywood movies, were part of the conspiracy to malign the political class, and should not be part of textbooks. Cartoons should be confined to columns of newspapers, they said. Sibal also spoke of the effect that cartoons can have on impressionable minds. "The issue is not in the context of cartoons; it is about having them in textbooks that influence impressionable minds". Although he assured that children will get their books sans cartoons in a month's time, the anti-cartoon stand may mean the end of what was widely appreciated as an imaginative experiment to provide students a respite from bland text. There were no complaints from teachers and students against publishing cartoons in textbooks until Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India chanced upon the one on Ambedkar, drawn by legendary cartoonist Shankar in 1949, in a textbook that was published five years ago. However, the angry cross-party reaction in Lok Sabha indicated that the MPs may have been seethed against the use of satirical device, and protests against the Ambedkar cartoon became the spark to vent their anger. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, while emphasizing that they did not have problem with cartoons per se, objected to their use in textbooks. He held Sibal solely responsible for anti-politician contents in textbooks, and demanded that that the minister should resign immediately. When asked, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee also endorsed the stand, saying, "Cartoons are for mature minds; not for children." Cartoons making fun of leaders like Ambedkar finding their way into textbooks came under all-round attack in Lok Sabha on Monday, prompting government to promise an inquiry into the role of NCERT officials and ensure there are no recurrences. The House saw almost a hour-long impromptu discussion with members contending that the impressionable minds of young children were being "poisoned" by such cartoons. Their contention was that an all-out conspiracy was being enacted to put politicians in poor light, may it be the media or Bollywood. Raising the issue, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) said she was shocked to hear during a visit to a school that out of 100-odd children she interacted with, none wanted to join politics. While seeking the reasons, she said that she came to know of the textbook in which cartoons lampooning politicians have been incorporated. One of the students said he did not want to join politics as politicians were "looters, criminals and thieves". Sanjay Nirupam of Congress regretted that politician bashing has become "fashionable" and said it was all the more regrettable that the textbooks have been brought out by the NCERT under the HRD ministry. Pointing out that cartoons played a role in presenting the problems of the society in a different manner, Sharad Yadav (JD-U) said, "Such cartoons needed mature minds to understand. The minds of the youngsters who are being taught are not." BJD's Bhratruhari Mahtab pointed out that impressionable minds of young students were being polluted, not by the cartoons, but by the tasks they were asked to perform on the basis of the cartoons. SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, TKS Elangovan (DMK), Dara Singh Chauhan (BSP), M Thambidurai (AIADMK), Shatabdi Roy (Trinamool Congress), Gurudas Dasgupta (CPI), Anant Geete (Shiv Sena), Basudeb Acharia (CPI-M) and Lalu Prasad (RJD) expressed concern over the wrong depiction of politicians in a sustained manner. However, striking a discordant note, Sharifuddin Shariq (NC) said there was no need for the lawmakers to get irritated as the cartoons reflected the reality. "Instead we should do some introspection", he said, asking "was it not a fact that an MP or an MLA, when he goes to contest election for the second time, his assets show a considerably higher graph?" His remarks were opposed by some MPs.