In a critique of post-Independence academic narratives, Governor RN Ravi on Tuesday alleged that those who follow Marxist ideology have deliberately distorted and eroded India’s civilisational identity, history, and cultural consciousness.Speaking at the release of the book at Raj Bhavan, the Governor recalled a stark dissonance between traditional storytelling and formal school education during his childhood. “Stories told at home, in the village, and those in textbooks were strikingly different. What we studied in classrooms was alarmingly detached from reality,” he said.
Governor Ravi pointed out that post-Independence intellectual frameworks continued to be influenced by colonial and Marxist interpretations.
Citing Karl Marx, he said, “Marx believed colonial rule would correct India’s civilisation. This mindset, unfortunately, continued even after independence”.