Open Letter to LKAdvani 30102011
'Advise and ensure that all elected representatives of the party in Karnataka who arecharged in either the High Court or the Lokayukta Court resign their seats, and do not re-contest elections until their innocence is proven'
A new generation of historians are bringing the subject out of the shadow of Marx and Nehru, fulfilling its role of restoring civilisational pride among Indians.
The BJP, with its insistence on the purity of Hindu Rashtra, would sadly reduce the soaring generosity of their founding vision to the petty bigotry of majoritarian chauvinism.
Historiography under previous governments can, and should, be contested. But history that’s being rewritten under the present government is not merely to eulogise some leaders, but also, and more worryingly, to condemn several chapters of the past.