The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbookscontinue to be contentious. Just a couple of days back, there was a furore whenit was announced that several communally sensitive issues like Ayodhya, 1984Sikh carnage and Gujarat violence of 2002 would be included in the text booksfor Political Science in Class XII. Solemn assurances were given that thesecontentious issues would be presented with objectivity.