Eminent Historians: Their Technology, Their Line, Their Fraud

'Shourie has the anecdotal reasoning of Nirad Chaudhuri married to the writing style of Robert Ludlum. Both are in ample evidence in this book.' - India Today In this incisive commentary, Arun Shourie documents the ways in which our history textbooks have been doctored by leftist historians. Thoroughly researched and riveting, this study brings to light the techniques and frauds that a cabal of some of our best-known academicians has used to promote themselves, and to acquire control over institutions. And then to put these supposedly academic institutions to use. Shourie shows how, in the process, this cabal has perverted India's historical narrative, and thereby vitiated the country's public discourse. Two new chapters bring to light recent developments in the field: how, with their holy scriptures having been repudiated in their holy cities, these 'historians' strive to retain their perches by dominating niche domains; how these efforts are bound to fail; but how their trajectory holds vital lessons for those who seek to replace them. A must read for every Indian who has an interest in the country's history and a stake in its future. Table of Contents:- Introduction The Historians 1. A Characteristic Concoction 2. Eminent Entrepreneurs! 3. How to Do It! 4. A Fitting Tribute 5. When Cornered, Cry ‘Petty’, ‘Personal’, ‘Uncivilized’ 6. ‘…after Selling Himself in the Flesh Market’ Their Line 7. A Circular 8. Devices to Further the Circular 9. ‘Let Us Look Forward to the Positive Aspects’ 10. Insinuate Falsehood, Explain Away the Truth 11. Were All These Authors Also Communalists? 12. The Policy of ‘Broad Toleration’! 13. The Litmus Test 14. Erasure to Parity to Absolution 15. ‘Maybe Perhaps, Probably Mostly… Therefore’ 16. Gavah Chust, Muddayi Sust! Context and Consequences 17. The Tug of Intellectual Fashions 18. The Appeal of ‘The Theory’, and the Antidote to It 19. Programmed to Self-Destruct 20. The Pattern of Consequences 21. The Changing Balance 22. The Insidious, the False 23. A Few Reasons, a Few Lessons Footnotes Index