Review Article
Hindutva and History
The Assault on the Academy
Author(s): Romila Thapar & Wendy Doniger & Martha C. Nussbaum & U.R. Ananthamurthy & A. G. Noorani & Sadanand Menon & Rajiv Malhotra
Reviewed by: Abu Lilia Sulani, London, UK
Review
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Hindutva or Hind Swaraj. By U.R. Ananthamurthy. HarperCollins Books, India, 2016. Pp. 144. ISBN: 9789351775713.
The Past in the Present: Forging Contemporary Identities Through History. By Romila Thapar. Aleph Book Company, New Delhi, 2014. Pp 345. ISBN: 9789383064014
On Nationalism. By Romila Thapar, A. G. Noorani, Sadanand Menon. Aleph Book Company, New Delhi, 2016. Pp. 176. ISBN: 9789384067755.
The Battle for Sanskrit. By Rajiv Malhotra. HarperCollins, India, 2016. Pp. 448. ISBN: 9789351775386.
India today is a mega-polity on the rise, ready to claim her rightful place in the community of nations. Indeed, she feels destined to carry out her much coveted ‘tryst with history’ and become a source of inspiration for every other state.....