Are they meant to obfuscate a fact of history that the BJP-RSS considers a blot on its past or are they meant to enlighten the students and to allow them to do further research on the topic, should they choose to?

Source: https://theshillongtimes.com/2023/04/06/keep-education-out-of-politics/

Every time I come into the kitchen, I find a few coffee grounds to sponge up here, or a dried-up splatter of last night's red sauce to blot out there.

Source: https://www.salon.com/2023/04/18/clean-is-never-clean-enough-are-countertops-good-for-obsessive-cooks/

It was the one blot on his copy book.

Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-vs-rangers-live-score-31767713

Note too, David’s second request here, that God, in this compassion, blot out David’s rebellion.

Source: https://s24474.pcdn.co/uncategorized/243101/all-have-sinned-and-fall-short

Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy have backtracked on plans for 3m high fencing which objectors say would be a blot on the landscape.

Source: https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/lancaster-school-backtracks-on-three-metre-high-fence-plan-as-objectors-say-it-would-be-blot-on-landscape-4283243

So why blot out the memory of those monsters?

Source: https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/364360/hamas-todays-amalek/

The All Weather Championships at Newcastle on Good Friday proved to be the other blot on the star sprinter’s copybook when he refused to go into the stalls for the six-furlong renewal.

Source: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/julie-camacho-interview-norton-trainer-on-star-sprinter-shaquille-and-her-trailblazing-season-4228245

The Canaries are savvy operators at second tier level, with last season a blot on a stunning record.

Source: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/rotherham-united-rewarded-for-fearless-approach-to-norwich-city-test-with-first-championship-win-of-the-season-4278425

The car explosion of October 23, 2022 on the eve of Deepavali at Ukkadam, Coimbatore in which a 29-year-old youth, Jameesha Mubin was charred to death, was a blot on the state home department.

Source: https://theshillongtimes.com/2023/05/07/will-take-good-criticisms-ignore-bad-and-move-forward-stalin-on-tn-govts-anniv/

The great Marilyn Monroe became a Rorschach blot a long time ago, the legacy of this complex and hugely influential person repurposed by every generation.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/06/succession-daisy-jones-the-six-and-weird-al-whats-new-to-streaming-in-australia-this-march

Uddhav’s speech at Nagpur was a blot on the political culture of Maharashtra.

Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/uddhav-thackeray-doubles-down-on-his-kalank-jibe-against-fadnavis-upset-over-one-word-you-destroy-families-2