Distortion Of History

How BJP used an Assamese historian’s imagination of the past to push its politics of polarisation

Surya Kumar Bhuyan situated Assam in Indian history through its encounters with the Mughals. This is in sync with the saffron party’s political agenda.

Suraj Gogoi
&
Manoranjan Pegu
· Nov 26, 2022 · 09:00 am
Putin’s disregard for Ukraine’s distinct history reveals his imperial ambitions

His insistence that the country exists as a by-product of Russian history goes far beyond post-Soviet nostalgia to the medieval era.

Olivia Durand, The Conversation
· Feb 24, 2022 · 01:30 pm
RSS appropriates a Naga freedom fighter’s story and her religion

Rani Gaidinliu had struggled against the British rule and for her people's culture. But that history has been stripped of all context by right-wing groups.

Richard Kamei
· Feb 13, 2015 · 06:45 am