Few people have not heard the popular song 'Nimbura Nimbura' from Sanjay Leela Bhansali's blockbuster film 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam' released in 1999. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's wonderful dance on screen, Rajasthani folk tunes and Salman Khan's presence are still fresh in the minds of the audience. But this time, not on any music platform or YouTube, this Bollywood song has made it to the pages of the fifth grade government school English textbook itself!
After this fatal mistake in the textbook of a school in Odisha came to light, there was an uproar in the education circles. According to a video that has gone viral on social media, a major printing error has been detected in an English textbook of Odisha Board's fifth class. The lyrics of the song 'Nimbura Nimbura' are printed exactly as part of an English chapter!
The inclusion of such cheesy Bollywood songs in school textbooks has naturally raised several serious questions about the negligence of the education department and the editorial process of making the book. A school textbook goes through screening, proof reading and multi-level expert committee review before final printing and distribution to students. After passing through so many steps, how such a mistake escaped everyone's eyes, there is a lot of discussion.
Meanwhile, after the incident, the screenshot of the controversial part of the book's pages took no time at all to go viral on social media. While a section of the netizen is busy creating humorous memes and trolls over the issue, conscious netizens and parents have expressed deep concern. According to them, this kind of extreme unprofessionalism and gross errors in a school level textbook cannot be accepted at all.
The administration should have been more careful about the quality of education.