Minority loving Modi Govt wants to abolish Christmas Holidays!!

[Sneaker]

You only heard about the circular from the secular media. You didnt read the circular yourself. You guys have made it a habbit to bash Irani for everything she does

That's what tickles me. They know zilch about what is navodaya and then take a random circular and start jumping as if this was something new. we weren't allowed to go home during ganesh chaturti or diwali from navodaya school, even when it is a national holiday, does anybody know that?

 

[Mike_Brando]

When I heard about the circular, I was expecting a U-Turn.. Smritiji didnt disappoint me.. Well one thing Modi government was good at was turning away from what they were saying before they came to power, from black money to Subrash Chandra Bose.. So nothing surprising here.

What on God's green earth are you talking about!First of all this thread was created on the basic of dubious information which was rebutted by none other than the Central Education Minister herself.So how does the Modi administration is responsible for this!They just organized an online essay competition on a national holiday where participation is totally voluntary,so from where did this "U-Turn" come up all of a sudden..

 

[IndoCarib]

I think he is being sarcastic, he is known for that. He is more right wing than Yogi Adiityanath.

didnt know about that. Not sure that One India piece he posted was sarcastic too.

 

[ranjeet]

didnt know about that. Not sure that One India piece he posted was sarcastic too.

Trust me on that

 

[The_Showstopper]

Yet another 'secular' propaganda. Sounds so made up. I will not beleive that story until it appears in a mainstream newspaper. The Indian Express link takes you to some other story. @takeiteasy dont fall for propaganda

This might suffice you....

Hindutva outfit to honour murder accused - The Hindu

It is not forced on anyone. It is a online quiz as Irani had pointed out. Nothing wrong in taking it, nothing wrong in not taking it

Whether it is forced or not is not the issue over here, a PDF poster over here said that it was only directed to Navodaya Vidyalayas, so just cleared up the air.

 

[IndoCarib]

This might suffice you....

Hindutva outfit to honour murder accused - The Hindu



Whether it is forced or not is not the issue over here, a PDF poster over here said that it was only directed to Navodaya Vidyalayas, so just cleared up the air.

I am inclined to believe it now. But I still have doubts whether the event will take place or not. I am guessing it will not take place. I condemn it anyway

 

[The_Showstopper]

If that makes you happy then so be it....

 

[Sneaker]

This might suffice you....

Hindutva outfit to honour murder accused - The Hindu



Whether it is forced or not is not the issue over here, a PDF poster over here said that it was only directed to Navodaya Vidyalayas, so just cleared up the air.

Meanwhile christians are honoring xavier who brought Inquisition to goa. is that fine?
I said it is only for navodaya and i gave reason that it is in navodaya letterhead. other are welcome (they need to come to navodaya schools in respective location to participate) but it doesn't apply to other schools. How hard is it to understand?

U-turn by Hindu groups: No honour for HRS chief Desai as ‘wife backs out’ | The Indian Express

 

[Marxist]

Ask the Keralites. First apostle of Jesus, St. Thomas came here 2000 years back. He died in Tamil Nadu. His tomb is in Chennai. Learn history.

I am keralite ,your pope claimed thomas never visited India ( Thomas's visit under doubt - The Times of India ) ....Portuguese created a myth and many started to believe it it as truth

Are you a 'National festival issuing' committee member by any chance?.Sir,Is there any relation between 2000 years and festivals to be declared as National ?

My reply is to your fellow crusader @soulspeak ,first read the post i quoted there ....

 

[Kuttuvan]

My reply is to your fellow crusader @soulspeak ,first read the post i quoted there ....

Sorry,I am not a Keralite nor keeps religion above my state like you.Seems you have high respect and affection towards your own Christian folks in Kerala.No surprise,Kerala is still under developed with castiest blinds.
You are free to blabber whatever.But X'mas will remain as national festival of India for ever.

 

[Iggy]

You only heard about the circular from the secular media. You didnt read the circular yourself. You guys have made it a habbit to bash Irani for everything she does

I am not behind Irani but I am against the broken promises made by Modi government.. If they had done hlaf of what they said before the elections it would have been better. From border escalations to black money, all we can see is they are swalloing their words. It would have been better, if Modi govt have the guts to do what they have promised to the people!!

 

[anonymus]

See the gall of Times of India:


After TOI report, govt scales down Xmas day plans, schools to stay shut


NAGPUR: The Union human resource ministry on Monday whittled down activities planned for Navodaya Vidyalayas as well as other CBSE schools on December 25 to just a "voluntary online essay competition", casting aside the planned declamation contest, quiz contest and film screening in Navodaya schools - activities that would have required these schools to be open.

The change of plan seems to have been triggered by the TOI report on a circular issued by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti on December 10, asking Navodaya schools to hold a series of activities on Christmas Day, which the Samiti said would be observed as "Good Governance Day" to mark the birthday/birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malaviya. The Samiti is under the HRD ministry.

The report led to opposition MPs protesting against the move in Parliament. In Rajya Sabha, finance minister Arun Jaitley denied the report by maintaining that the only school activity planned on Christmas day was a voluntary online essay competition. In Lok Sabha parliamentary affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu said the same, and asserted that all schools would be shut for Christmas.

However, by afternoon, the circular issued by NavodayaVidyalayaSamiti on December 10 - the document which alerted TOI about the move - was out on the net, establishing that the Samitihad been planning a raft of activities on Christmas, making it apparent that it was only an afterthought to limit activities to an online essay competition. The Samiti had also sought a compliance report from the schools, showing that observance of "Good Governance Day" with activities wasn't exactly voluntary.

G S Bothyal, commissioner of the Samiti, who had issued the December 10 circular, sent out a communication to deputy commissioners late on Monday evening which said, "Since CBSE has not yet issued any circular so far regarding the activities to be undertaken on December 25, you are requested to await the issuance of the (same) before taking any further action."

"This is to clarify that CBSE has not directed any schools to remain open on December 25. All schools will follow their vacation schedule including holiday on December 25 as specifically clarified by CBSE," said a statement issued by the Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry.

Naidu said in his statement that Navodaya schools were residential schools, and some of them don't have winter breaks. In such schools, while there will be no classes, students "will have the opportunity to participate, if they so wish, in the essay competition." When a principal of a Navodaya school was asked if there was a fresh circular from the HRD ministry, he said that the school would do as has been said in Parliament.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis declared in the assembly that schools in state will remain closed on December 25. "I spoke to human resource minister Smriti Irani over the matter and she clarified that there was no need to keep schools open for the competition as the entries would have to be submitted online," he said.

In Parliament, Congress MP from Kerala K C Venugopal raised the issue during zero hour while questioning the Samiti's circular and wanting to know why schools have been asked to conduct activities on Christmas day. In the Rajya Sabha, CPM leader Sitaram Yechury disputed Jaitley's claim that only an online essay competition has been planned for Christmas, and said the plans were much more than that.

Venugopal told TOI, "Why are they silent on the Navodaya circular and completely denying it? Does this mean that Navodaya commissioner G S Bothyal announced activities for December 25 on his own without taking his ministry into consideration? Congress party is meeting on Tuesday morning and this will be one of the issues discussed. We shall certainly follow it up till things are crystal clear on whose plan it was to have these activities at Navodaya on Christmas Day," he told TOI.


After TOI report, govt scales down Xmas day plans, schools to stay shut - The Times of India

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No school on Christmas Day? TOI’s not the one who’s ‘misleading’

NAGPUR: Referring to a TOI report that drew attention to a circular issued by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti to its schools urging them to conduct certain activities on December 25, thus raising doubts as to whether December 25 would remain a holiday for Christmas, Union human resource development minister Smriti Irani denied on Monday that schools have been asked to stay open on Christmas.

The minister focused on only one of the activities listed by the HRD ministry for CBSE schools — an essay competition — and said the competition would be online and participation in it was voluntary. Irani tweeted that "all schools closed for Xmas, essay competition only online". She also said that the TOI report was deliberately misleading.

The report did not say, as the minister is claiming, that schools have been told to remain open on December 25. It reported that, as part of the birthday/birth anniversary celebrations of Atal Behari Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malviya on that day, the HRD ministry wants schools to observe the day as 'Good Governance Day' and has set down specific activities for the children in 589 Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country.

According to a circular sent out on December 10 — which is in TOI's possession and is being carried along with this report, and which clearly establishes in the letterhead that the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti is under the HRD ministry — NVS commissioner G S Bothyal has listed the following activities for Navodaya Vidyalayas.

Declamation contest on topics related to good governance

Quiz competition

Screening of documentaries and films on best practices in good governance. Organization of various activities through child cabinets in the schools

Innovative programmes pertaining to problem-solving relating to day-to-day functioning of the school

As declamation contests, quiz competitions, film screenings or "activities through child cabinets in the school" aren't possible without students coming to school, TOI concluded that Navodaya school kids would not have their customary December 25 Christmas holiday. (The Chambers Dictionary defines 'declamation' as "a rhetorical speech", "a set speech in public" or "display in speaking in public". All of this requires physical presence; it cannot be done online.)

TOI stands by its report.


No school on Christmas Day? TOI’s not the one who’s ‘misleading’ - The Times of India


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[Sneaker]

See the gall of Times of India:


After TOI report, govt scales down Xmas day plans, schools to stay shut


NAGPUR: The Union human resource ministry on Monday whittled down activities planned for Navodaya Vidyalayas as well as other CBSE schools on December 25 to just a "voluntary online essay competition", casting aside the planned declamation contest, quiz contest and film screening in Navodaya schools - activities that would have required these schools to be open.

The change of plan seems to have been triggered by the TOI report on a circular issued by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti on December 10, asking Navodaya schools to hold a series of activities on Christmas Day, which the Samiti said would be observed as "Good Governance Day" to mark the birthday/birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malaviya. The Samiti is under the HRD ministry.

The report led to opposition MPs protesting against the move in Parliament. In Rajya Sabha, finance minister Arun Jaitley denied the report by maintaining that the only school activity planned on Christmas day was a voluntary online essay competition. In Lok Sabha parliamentary affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu said the same, and asserted that all schools would be shut for Christmas.

However, by afternoon, the circular issued by NavodayaVidyalayaSamiti on December 10 - the document which alerted TOI about the move - was out on the net, establishing that the Samitihad been planning a raft of activities on Christmas, making it apparent that it was only an afterthought to limit activities to an online essay competition. The Samiti had also sought a compliance report from the schools, showing that observance of "Good Governance Day" with activities wasn't exactly voluntary.

G S Bothyal, commissioner of the Samiti, who had issued the December 10 circular, sent out a communication to deputy commissioners late on Monday evening which said, "Since CBSE has not yet issued any circular so far regarding the activities to be undertaken on December 25, you are requested to await the issuance of the (same) before taking any further action."

"This is to clarify that CBSE has not directed any schools to remain open on December 25. All schools will follow their vacation schedule including holiday on December 25 as specifically clarified by CBSE," said a statement issued by the Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry.

Naidu said in his statement that Navodaya schools were residential schools, and some of them don't have winter breaks. In such schools, while there will be no classes, students "will have the opportunity to participate, if they so wish, in the essay competition." When a principal of a Navodaya school was asked if there was a fresh circular from the HRD ministry, he said that the school would do as has been said in Parliament.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis declared in the assembly that schools in state will remain closed on December 25. "I spoke to human resource minister Smriti Irani over the matter and she clarified that there was no need to keep schools open for the competition as the entries would have to be submitted online," he said.

In Parliament, Congress MP from Kerala K C Venugopal raised the issue during zero hour while questioning the Samiti's circular and wanting to know why schools have been asked to conduct activities on Christmas day. In the Rajya Sabha, CPM leader Sitaram Yechury disputed Jaitley's claim that only an online essay competition has been planned for Christmas, and said the plans were much more than that.

Venugopal told TOI, "Why are they silent on the Navodaya circular and completely denying it? Does this mean that Navodaya commissioner G S Bothyal announced activities for December 25 on his own without taking his ministry into consideration? Congress party is meeting on Tuesday morning and this will be one of the issues discussed. We shall certainly follow it up till things are crystal clear on whose plan it was to have these activities at Navodaya on Christmas Day," he told TOI.


After TOI report, govt scales down Xmas day plans, schools to stay shut - The Times of India

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No school on Christmas Day? TOI’s not the one who’s ‘misleading’

NAGPUR: Referring to a TOI report that drew attention to a circular issued by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti to its schools urging them to conduct certain activities on December 25, thus raising doubts as to whether December 25 would remain a holiday for Christmas, Union human resource development minister Smriti Irani denied on Monday that schools have been asked to stay open on Christmas.

The minister focused on only one of the activities listed by the HRD ministry for CBSE schools — an essay competition — and said the competition would be online and participation in it was voluntary. Irani tweeted that "all schools closed for Xmas, essay competition only online". She also said that the TOI report was deliberately misleading.

The report did not say, as the minister is claiming, that schools have been told to remain open on December 25. It reported that, as part of the birthday/birth anniversary celebrations of Atal Behari Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malviya on that day, the HRD ministry wants schools to observe the day as 'Good Governance Day' and has set down specific activities for the children in 589 Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country.

According to a circular sent out on December 10 — which is in TOI's possession and is being carried along with this report, and which clearly establishes in the letterhead that the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti is under the HRD ministry — NVS commissioner G S Bothyal has listed the following activities for Navodaya Vidyalayas.

Declamation contest on topics related to good governance

Quiz competition

Screening of documentaries and films on best practices in good governance. Organization of various activities through child cabinets in the schools

Innovative programmes pertaining to problem-solving relating to day-to-day functioning of the school

As declamation contests, quiz competitions, film screenings or "activities through child cabinets in the school" aren't possible without students coming to school, TOI concluded that Navodaya school kids would not have their customary December 25 Christmas holiday. (The Chambers Dictionary defines 'declamation' as "a rhetorical speech", "a set speech in public" or "display in speaking in public". All of this requires physical presence; it cannot be done online.)

TOI stands by its report.


No school on Christmas Day? TOI’s not the one who’s ‘misleading’ - The Times of India


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@IndoCarib

Those ToI-let reports are the number 1 morons. They make a non-issue a big thing and they pat their own back when nothing changes. Idiots..

 

[dray]

How convenient. Govt. has taken the first step in de-glorifying Christmas. One step at a time.

India is still 80% Hindu so Hindu Festivals become National Holiday. Good Enough for you ?

Is Diwali a "National Festival" in the US, or UK or Germany or Saudi Arabia ?

Koirala to look into U.K. envoy’s conversion remarks - The Hindu

Since when Hindus are ethnic Americans, British or Germans? Christians, Muslims, Shikhs are Indians and so some of their festivals are holidays, you know I don't subscribe to your bigoted worldview manvan. Government is free to take legal action against any foreign funded agenda promoted by some Christians, but cancelling Christian holidays won't help in that.

And you said 'let states with large Christian population keep Christian holidays', so I said what if Christian majority states say that 'let states with large Hindu population keep Hindu holidays'?

Keeping holidays same for all allow everybody to plan the holidays together, people go out for outing, picnic, short trips with their friends/colleagues/neighbours irrespective of their religion, at least less bigoted ones do. But no, now you have to divide people by their holidays also.

 

[Marxist]

Sorry,I am not a Keralite nor keeps religion above my state like you.Seems you have high respect and affection towards your own Christian folks in Kerala.No surprise,Kerala is still under developed with castiest blinds.
You are free to blabber whatever.But X'mas will remain as national festival of India for ever.

Under developed ??? check the PCI and HDI of kerala its much better than many other states ....I dont care of state which state you are from and I see my religion and nationality over state or district ..