Dropping chapter stirs row in K’taka

It should be an approach that cares for women, the differentlyabled, the marginalised

— Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President to IAS officers

Mangaluru: The Mangalore University has withdrawn a chapter Maguvina Tandhe ( Father of a Child) from its official Kannada language textbook Nudi Noopura prescribed for third semester BCom students after it kicked up a row. The lesson as based on a story written by late Mattara Vittal Hegde. Some section of students and professors alleged that the lesson portrayed and justified extramartial and illicit relationships as normal. After the pages of the textbook went viral on social media kicking up a row, the university released a circular saying the lesson Maguvina Tandhe would be withdrawn. — PTI