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Antiquity of the RgVeda and the Vedic Literature

In a series of a few forthcoming articles, I propose to discuss the areas of distortions in Indian history and the reasons of it. Some of...

Causes of Distorting History

There is a lot of noise made on new education policy and rewriting of history and social science textbooks. Demands for rewriting of...

Science and Technology in Ancient India

Like the British historians, Marxists, too, have virtually ruled out the presence of science and technology, not only during the Vedic...

Rig Veda, Harappan Civilization and the Myth of Aryan Invasion

Continuance of the Aryan Invasion Theory (AIT) is virtually the lifeline of our Marxist historians and some exceptionally racist...

Why People Need to Know Their History?

History, history writing and history teaching have, indeed, become newsworthy not only in India but also in most other parts of the...

History: An Unending Debate

Introduction In India, for the last couple of decades history has virtually taken over the entire media space available for academics....

Indian Nationhood Through the Ages

Most of the British and European nationals who came to India in the 18th and 19th centuries were simply dismayed at its vast geographical...