casinilogic

Arun Shourie, once a leading intellectual on the right wing of the political spectrum in India, is now being embraced by the country’s left wing. His castigation of the Narendra Modi government since its elevation to the centre in 2014 has meant that the left has found much in common with the journalist. But one would hope that the left has read his earlier works, before 2014, in which he takes a swipe at historians, missionaries and others, and takes contrarian views on popular subjects.

Here are seven in particular: 1. Eminent Historians: Their Technology, Their Line, Their Fraud In this book, Shourie takes the celebrated, left-leaning eminent historians of India to the cleaners by exposing their fraud. Not just financial fraud – taking millions in grants for works they were supposed to produce but didn't, for instance – but moral fraud too. By playing down the atrocities of Islamic invaders on local Hindu population and continuing with the Aryan Invasion theory despite compelling evidence against it. Though he exposes the likes of Irfan Habib, Romila Thapar, Bipan Chandra and Satish Chandra, Eminent Historians is very relevant to the new-age Aurangzeb apologists masquerading as historians, like Audrey Truschke. For Shourie cites accounts of court historians of that Islamic zealot of a king, conclusively proving how thousands of Hindu temples were destroyed and how he was hailed for doing this to the infidels. Harvesting Our Souls: Missionaries, Their Designs, Their Claims In his seminal work, Shourie shows how missionaries are interested only in swelling their flocks.

Koenraad Elst factually counters DN Jha's attack on Arun Shourie.

Airbourne Runnin Wild Special Edition Megaupload. The promises of equality and egalitarianism are just words to achieve that sole objective. Interestingly enough, they promise a religion without caste system, but nevertheless, fight for the converts' right to reservation benefits based on caste! It's a must-read for anyone who wishes to understand the designs of missionaries and how they operate in the country – illegally, silently and efficiently. The World Of Fatwas: The Sharia In Action An eye-opener, this book reveals how Sharia governs almost every aspect of a Muslim's life. Fatwas are not issued in isolation.