Manusmriti enters NCERT’s new class 9 textbook; quotes respecting women
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has included a poem from ‘Manu-smriti’ in its newly launched class 9 social science textbook to explain that women were respected during the Vedic period. Manusmriti has been controversial over the years. Many critics say it justifies social inequality, while others defend it as part of…