Romila Thapar: Eminent Historian’s continuing fraud

The 27 October edition of Hindu  published a report titled ‘Academics must question more’ in which ‘eminent’ historian Romila Thapar questioned why Delhi’s intelligentsia were not opposing the changes More...

An “eminent historian” attacks Arun Shourie

D.N. Jha’s “Reply to Arun Shourie”, dated 3 July 2014, was published in shorter form as “Grist to the reactionary mill”, Indian Express, 9 July 2014. It starts as follows: “I was amused to read ‘How More...

Romila Thapar’s return to eminence

India is definitely a land of surprise and shock. Nothing else explains the fact that despite a change in regime at the centre, the controversial historian Romilla Thapar is back in business courtesy Janaab Najeeb More...

Gravy Train of Eminent Historians about to end

Secular fears We seem to be living in unusual times. The meteoric rise of Narendra Modi more or less accompanied by the precipitous decline of the family that calls itself the Congress party seems to have let the More...