Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, August 19
A glaring error in a West Bengal textbook in depiction of athlete Milkha Singh was highlighted by a user on Twitter.
Instead of Milkha Singh’s photo, the publisher has used Farhan’s picture, who played the reel Milkha Singh in the 2013 biographical film ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’.
Actor Farhan Akhtar has also urged West Bengal’s minister of school education to replace the textbook.
To the Minister of School Education, West Bengal.
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) August 19, 2018
There is a glaring error with the image used in one of the school text books to depict Milkha Singh-ji. Could you please request the publisher to recall and replace this book?
Sincerely. @derekobrienmp https://t.co/RV2D3gV5bd
“To the Minister of School Education, West Bengal. There is a glaring error with the image used in one of the school text books to depict Milkha Singh-ji. Could you please request the publisher to recall and replace this book? Sincerely, (sic)” he tweeted.
The actor portrayed the legendary athlete in the 2013 film based on his life.
Farhan also tagged Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien in the tweet who responded saying that he was "on it".
Meanwhile, twitterati are not amused by this glaring error and slammed the textbook.
Take a look at some of the reactions:
West Bengal using the Image of Farhan Akhtar to teach students about Milkha Singh....This is Bengal education
— Ajay Kumar Yadav 🇮🇳 (@ajay_kumar9808) August 19, 2018
Cc @WordsSlay @ippatel pic.twitter.com/35OcnE64P8
Farhan Akhtar's photo used in place of Milkha Singh in West Bengal textbooks. What next? Arbaaz Khan's portrayed as Roger Federer in GK textbooks? Anyway, Bengal politicians seem to be taking Twitter a too seriously with their MPs too referring to Twitter handles in Parliament
— Tushar Sharma (@ReticentReveler) August 19, 2018
So these kids think that @FarOutAkhtar is real #Milkhasingh . That’s what they are studying in their syllabus @swarup58 @PrakashJavdekar @HRDMinistry @BishanBedi pic.twitter.com/kz8r2EjnGk
— madan mohit bhardwaj (@mohitbhardwaj23) August 19, 2018
When West Bengal education board have Shown Shri Milkha Singh Ji as actor Farhan Akhtar they might show Bengal as Australia. pic.twitter.com/GOemxZ91uB
— Mayank Singh🇮🇳🚩 (@Rajputanalegend) August 19, 2018