Holier than thou

Rampath: The Madhya Pradesh Government is in the midst of tracing the Rampath, or the route Lord Ram took on his way to exile. Last week the state Government and party held a major function in Chitrakut where Ram is believed to have spent most of his exile years

Yoga: Though the Government is yet to implement the programme announced earlier, it says from next year the ancient science will be introduced in the school curriculum. The Government has already come out with a Yoga Policy. Baba Ramdev has been promised a massive chunk of land near Jabalpur

Guru Paad Pujan: Government school and college teachers in Madhya Pradesh found themselves at a loss for words this September 5 when they were suddenly bestowed an elevated status. Students were asked to wash the feet of their teachers on Teachers’ Day, and Education Minister Laxman Singh Goud led from the front

Sex education: If Gujarat was the first state to ban sex education in schools, Madhya Pradesh followed close behind

Crezendo: The vibrating condom may not have made many waves elsewhere but it sent a chill down the spine of Madhya Pradesh, which opposed it saying it was a sex toy and hence against Indian culture. The state Government even wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking him to stop Hindustan Latex Ltd, a public sector undertaking, from making and marketing the condoms “which were meant for pleasure and not family planning”

Education: Children in the state may soon stop singing Twinkle Twinkle and Baa Baa Black Sheep. The Chouhan government feels the age old nursery rhymes jar in the Indian milieu and has replaced them with other rhymes. Revolutionaries in the freedom struggle have got prominence in new history books while leaders glorified by the Congress have been cut to size