Agra, March 18 -- The controversy surrounding the word 'Pandit' in Uttar Pradesh shows no signs of abating.
After the Police Sub-Inspector recruitment examination question and a film named Ghooskhor Pandit, a new dispute has now erupted over the use of the word 'Pandit' in a question asked during the Class 7 Sanskrit examination conducted by the Basic Education Department.
Teachers have voiced their protest against this question, labeling it as casteist and objectionable.
Just a day earlier, on Tuesday, the Sanskrit examination paper administered in the council schools of Agra featured a ''Prahelika'' (riddle) asking: "Who travels far without feet, but is literate, yet is not a ''Pandit''?" The options provided were: Cloud, Bird, Wind, a...