Letters to The Editor — April 6, 2026

Judiciary and curriculum

The Supreme Court of India is often regarded as the last bastion of democracy and the ‘sentinel on the qui vive’, entrusted with safeguarding fundamental rights and maintaining constitutional balance. Therefore, it need not have overreacted to the publication in a Class VIII NCERT textbook about two important problems plaguing the judiciary: namely, corruption and the backlog of cases. Unlike earlier textbooks, which only described the role of the judiciary and its independence, the current one intends to inform youth that the problems within the judiciary must be addressed at the earliest. It was not meant as a slight. It is pointless to inform students about these issues only when they enter law college. Ordering the chapter to be removed and blacklisting the authors is akin to an ostrich burying its head in the sand.

Many chapters of Indian history that have been revisited and revised — amounting to sanitisation and politicisation — have not received equal attention. It is concerning that the Court’s intervention could undermine the purposefulness of education and may lead to the saffronisation of the state, including the judiciary.

N.G.R. Prasad,

Chennai

Stop this war

U.S. President Donald Trump’s headless war has become an ordeal for the entire world. The deadlines he has served to Iran are utterly preposterous. The U.S. leader ought to demonstrate some modicum of humanity and stop this war right away.

Aanya Singhal,

Noida, Uttar Pradesh