Yellapragada Sudershan Rao and Dinanath Batra: Together the two - TopicsExpress



          

Yellapragada Sudershan Rao and Dinanath Batra: Together the two form a formidable team. The chief of the Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR) and the 84-year-old controversial crusader, who runs the Shiksha Bachao Andolan Samiti (Committee for Struggle to Save Education), which earlier this year forced a publisher to pulp Chicago-based Wendy Doniger’s book on Hindus. While Rao, whose credentials as a historian have been questioned, has sprung to the defence of the caste system and has vowed to prove the authenticity of the Mahabharata and Ramayana during his stint at the ICHR; nine books by Batra have been added to school curricula in Gujarat. The books deal not just with history, but go on to rewrite science and geography as well.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:30:00 +0000

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