<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The books are being used under the state-run Uttar Pradesh board and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), leaving parents fretting and education authorities scurrying for cover.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   A moral education book for Class 8 children titled &quot;New Way Bloom&quot; shows an inverted Indian tricolour - a top to bottom colour sequence of green, white and saffron - in at least five places.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Bal Mukund, a basic shiksha adhikari or district education official of Moradabad, where the book is being used in a private school as part of the common syllabi of the NCERT under the Uttar Pradesh board, said it was a &quot;serious offence&quot; and action would be taken against the publishers.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   When contacted, the publishers said the book was being withdrawn from the market with immediate effect.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;This is indeed a big blunder on our part,&quot; Ankur Julka, a staff member of Gurukul Publications, said.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;We had outsourced the book designing to Book Zone in Uttam Nagar, New Delhi, and due to an oversight, missed such a glaring mistake,&quot; he said.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   In the other blunder, children studying in nursery at many a private schools are being taught the &#39;varnmala&#39; or Hindi alphabet in a bizarre format. The book titled &quot;Aalok Shabd&quot; says &#39;B&#39; for &#39;bomb&#39; and &#39;Ch&#39; for &#39;chaku&#39;.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Stunned parents have brought this lacunae to the notice of the principals and teaching staff, which in turn lay the blame on the publisher.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Shruti Ahuja, a parent, said this was unacceptable. &quot;How can one teach such words to kids of that age? Or for that matter of any age?&quot; she asked.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Aarty Mishra Awasthy, a teacher by profession and a mother of two, was also angry.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;I&#39;m amazed at how such words and books get into the syllabi,&quot; she exclaimed, hinting that these books &quot;slip through&quot; the system after publishers tempt school managements with commissions.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The book has shocked the CBSE authorities as the board rules out inclusion of &quot;words that patronize and promote hatred, violence and negative mindset&quot; in its books.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   CBSE city coordinator Javed Alam says strict action would be taken against the publishers of the 32-page book. &quot;This sort of negative use of words cannot be tolerated,&quot; he said.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The publishers of this book could not be contacted.</div>  

Upside down pictures of India's national flag, chapters to teach the Hindi alphabet that say 'b' for 'bomb' and 'ch' for 'chaku' (knife)...These glaring anomalies have surfaced in two textbooks used in some Uttar Pradesh schools.

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