Hypocrisy and Indian History: A Public Statement
A public statement by concerned Indian historians, archaeologists and scholars of Indian civilization. On 26 October, 53 Indian historians voiced alarm at what they perceived to be the country’s “highly vitiated More...
When Eminent Historians Plagiarize They Get Bouquets
“Well, in 1992, when I was president of Indian Council of Historical Research, the 450th birth anniversary of Akbar was being observed. BJP and RSS had opposed these celebrations. LK Advani and others said Akbar More...
De-Marxification of HRD angers lapsed Marxist
There’s one thing that necessarily needs to be said about lapsed Marxists: they never fail to disappoint. And so it goes, in the 20 May edition of the Indian Express where cricket historian and scholar Ramachandra More...
Ramachandra Guha wants science to be approved by socialists
In the 12 January edition of Hindustan Times, eminent Nehruvian Ramchandra Guha expressed dismay over the controversy surrounding the Indian Science Congress where it was claimed that ancient Indians were well versed More...
Dear Pankaj Mishra: Your brand of righteousness is now in the gramophone era
The ill-wisher of India, Pankaj Mishra penned an alarmist article on the Bloomberg website which goes back to whip up the usual secularist fear mongering: the template is the same, only the words are altered to More...
A report on the half-truths of ANHAD
On 27 September 2014, a self-styled secular organization ANHAD published a lengthy report titled ‘100 Days under the New Regime: The State of Minorities’, speaking of theNarendra Modi government’s performance More...