How History Was Unmade At Nalanda

D N Jha । Kafila
I was amused to read  ‘How History was Made up at Nalanda’ by Arun Shourie who has dished out to readers his ignorance masquerading as knowledge –  reason enough to have pity on him and sympathy for his readers! Since he has referred to me by name and has  charged  me with fudging evidence to distort the historical narrative of the destruction of  the ancient Nalandamahavihar,  I consider it necessary to rebut his allegations and set the record straight instead of ignoring his balderdash. more

How history was made up at Nalanda

Arun Shourie | Indian Express

In 2004, D.N. Jha was the president of the Indian History Congress. In the presidential address he delivered - one to which we shall turn as an example of Marxist “scholarship” - this is the account he gives of the destruction of Buddhist viharas, and of Nalanda in particular: “A Tibetan tradition has it that the Kalacuri King Karna (11th century) destroyed many Buddhist temples and monasteries in Magadha, and the Tibetan text  Pag Sam Jon Zang refers to the burning of the library of Nalanda by some ‘Hindu fanatics’.” more

विकास की राजनीति के जातीय समीकरण

बद्री नारायण । हिन्दुस्तान

जातीय अस्मिता से धार्मिक अस्मिता की राजनीति की बाढ़ रोकी जा सकती है- इस फॉर्मूले के तहत नीतीश कुमार और लालू यादव साथ आ गए हैं। लालू यादव ने ‘मंडल से कमंडल को रोको’ का नारा देते हुए ठेके और निजी क्षेत्र में पिछड़ों, दलितों व आदिवासियों के लिए 60 प्रतिशत आरक्षण की मांग की है। नेताओं के बीच का गठबंधन जातीय गठजोड़ के रूप में ही देखा जा रहा है। आगे