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Stop Distorting Facts, Say Eminent Historians To PM Modi
All India | Written by Sandeep Phukan | Updated: December 31, 2014 20:08 IST

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Professor Aditya Mukherjee, Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments in October, that Lord Ganesha was the product of plastic surgery, has prompted the Indian History Congress, attended by over 2000 professional historians in Delhi, to pass a resolution that says "genuine historians would stand by the values of their profession and resist interested distortions of our past."

The resolution, adopted during its Platinum Jubilee meet on Tuesday, mentions the Prime Minister's statement and also "calls upon the members of the political establishment to refrain from making statements contrary to well-established historical facts."

Speaking to NDTV, well-known historian Professor Aditya Mukherjee said, "The Prime Minister shouldn't confuse between history and mythology. In many societies, there are tales of people flying, doing other extraordinary things, but they can't be taken as history."

Mr Mukherjee, who also heads the School of Social Sciences in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, responded to the often-cited argument that Historiography in India has been Left-centric and biased.

"There should not be a problem if there are multiple perspectives. In fact, it is good that if the discipline's rigor is challenged but you can't treat imagination as history," said Mr Mukherjee

Indian History Congress's meet has been in the news for raising issues of contemporary debate. Apart from the PM's statement on Ganesha, the conference also talked about "attempts to change school textbooks". Right-wing hardliners have been accused of trying to pressure the government to rewrite school books in line with Hindu-nationalist orthodoxy.

Inaugurating the event on Sunday, Vice President Hamid Ansari had cautioned that the attempt to portray "India as a homogenous nation is problematic".

The ruling BJP, however, didn't seek to join in any kind of war of words. Environment Minister Prakash Javdekar told NDTV, "In a democracy, people are entitled to their views. But history is history and it can't be changed."

Stop Distorting Facts, Say Eminent Historians To PM Modi
 
Stop Distorting Facts, Say Eminent Historians To PM Modi
All India | Written by Sandeep Phukan | Updated: December 31, 2014 20:08 IST

Aditya_Mukherjee_650.jpg

Professor Aditya Mukherjee, Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments in October, that Lord Ganesha was the product of plastic surgery, has prompted the Indian History Congress, attended by over 2000 professional historians in Delhi, to pass a resolution that says "genuine historians would stand by the values of their profession and resist interested distortions of our past."

The resolution, adopted during its Platinum Jubilee meet on Tuesday, mentions the Prime Minister's statement and also "calls upon the members of the political establishment to refrain from making statements contrary to well-established historical facts."

Speaking to NDTV, well-known historian Professor Aditya Mukherjee said, "The Prime Minister shouldn't confuse between history and mythology. In many societies, there are tales of people flying, doing other extraordinary things, but they can't be taken as history."

Mr Mukherjee, who also heads the School of Social Sciences in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, responded to the often-cited argument that Historiography in India has been Left-centric and biased.

"There should not be a problem if there are multiple perspectives. In fact, it is good that if the discipline's rigor is challenged but you can't treat imagination as history," said Mr Mukherjee

Indian History Congress's meet has been in the news for raising issues of contemporary debate. Apart from the PM's statement on Ganesha, the conference also talked about "attempts to change school textbooks". Right-wing hardliners have been accused of trying to pressure the government to rewrite school books in line with Hindu-nationalist orthodoxy.

Inaugurating the event on Sunday, Vice President Hamid Ansari had cautioned that the attempt to portray "India as a homogenous nation is problematic".

The ruling BJP, however, didn't seek to join in any kind of war of words. Environment Minister Prakash Javdekar told NDTV, "In a democracy, people are entitled to their views. But history is history and it can't be changed."

Stop Distorting Facts, Say Eminent Historians To PM Modi
Too little too late. :)
 
Stop Distorting Facts, Say Eminent Historians To PM Modi
All India | Written by Sandeep Phukan | Updated: December 31, 2014 20:08 IST

Aditya_Mukherjee_650.jpg

Professor Aditya Mukherjee, Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments in October, that Lord Ganesha was the product of plastic surgery, has prompted the Indian History Congress, attended by over 2000 professional historians in Delhi, to pass a resolution that says "genuine historians would stand by the values of their profession and resist interested distortions of our past."

The resolution, adopted during its Platinum Jubilee meet on Tuesday, mentions the Prime Minister's statement and also "calls upon the members of the political establishment to refrain from making statements contrary to well-established historical facts."

Speaking to NDTV, well-known historian Professor Aditya Mukherjee said, "The Prime Minister shouldn't confuse between history and mythology. In many societies, there are tales of people flying, doing other extraordinary things, but they can't be taken as history."

Mr Mukherjee, who also heads the School of Social Sciences in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, responded to the often-cited argument that Historiography in India has been Left-centric and biased.

"There should not be a problem if there are multiple perspectives. In fact, it is good that if the discipline's rigor is challenged but you can't treat imagination as history," said Mr Mukherjee

Indian History Congress's meet has been in the news for raising issues of contemporary debate. Apart from the PM's statement on Ganesha, the conference also talked about "attempts to change school textbooks". Right-wing hardliners have been accused of trying to pressure the government to rewrite school books in line with Hindu-nationalist orthodoxy.

Inaugurating the event on Sunday, Vice President Hamid Ansari had cautioned that the attempt to portray "India as a homogenous nation is problematic".

The ruling BJP, however, didn't seek to join in any kind of war of words. Environment Minister Prakash Javdekar told NDTV, "In a democracy, people are entitled to their views. But history is history and it can't be changed."

Stop Distorting Facts, Say Eminent Historians To PM Modi
A little bit about this Eminent Jhollawallah... and how he distorted facts.

Aditya Mukherjee teaches contemporary history at JNU and is co-author of RSS, School Texts and the Murder of Mahatma Gandhi, Sage, 2008
 
A little bit about this Eminent Jhollawallah... and how he distorted facts.

Aditya Mukherjee teaches contemporary history at JNU and is co-author of RSS, School Texts and the Murder of Mahatma Gandhi, Sage, 2008

Can you come out with specifics as to how he distorted history in "RSS, School Texts and the Murder of Mahatma Gandhi, Sage, 2008"
 
not worth it, name itself suggests what it would be about, ie. scaremongering. Secularism is in danger ... blah blah. here's a link for preview if you want to kill some time.
SAGE: RSS, School Texts and the Murder of Mahatma Gandhi: The Hindu Communal Project: Aditya Mukherjee: 9788178298542

So you don't have specifics to claim that he has distorted history other than just accusing him of distortion and vendetta against your beloved ideologues and of course Hindus.... Common dude, I was expecting some kind of a substantial proof against this "Jhollawala"
 
So you don't have specifics to claim that he has distorted history other than just accusing him of distortion and vendetta against your beloved ideologues and of course Hindus.... Common dude, I was expecting some kind of a substantial proof against this "Jhollawala"
Won't be hard to find specifics but its just not worth the effort considering his background.
 
Perhaps it's historian who have to research more on ancient history of India
 
History is stupid.
No matter how good a student you are in History, getting employed in your field of education for the history students is very low.
In my opinion, History should not be taught to such high percentage of students in higher education. Ofcourse I find paying the History teachers is a waste of money as well.

Let history be studied by really passionate people who are worth their salt.
 
Won't be hard to find specifics but its just not worth the effort considering his background.
If it's not worth your effort then why put an effort and post comments and make sweeping statements...
 
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