If reports are true, removing the Dancing Girl from NCERT is a disappointing step. The Indus Valley Civilization's Dancing Girl is not merely a statue; it is a symbol of artistic freedom, confidence, and the cultural sophistication of one of the world's oldest civilizations.
When institutions start altering historical representations to fit present-day sensibilities, it sends the wrong message to students. Education should encourage understanding of our past, not selective discomfort with it. Decisions affecting cultural heritage deserve transparency, debate, and academic reasoning, not such arbitrary moral policing. Erasing such icons risks promoting a narrower and more regressive view of our past. History should be studied, understood, and debated...not selectively hidden.