8. Islamic crimes on Brahmins’ account - In white washing various deeds of the medieval Islamic rulers the Marxist historians have tried so many techniques. One of them is to blame Hindu society, especially the Brahmins, for some infamous acts of the past. For instance, the destructions of Buddhist and Jain temples are frequently put on the account of Hindus, without, of course, a shred of evidence. Killing several birds by one: concealing Islamic record of brutal iconoclasm; demonstrating the Hindu ‘intolerance’ instead; creating rift between Hindus and Buddhists, Jains on the one hand; and within Hindus on the bases of caste differences, etc on the other. It is all very helpful to left-wing politicking at present.

9. Marxist intervention on Ayodhya - The Marxist historians intervention in the Ayodhya dispute in 1989 was an act of pure political activism. The entire episode, still continuing, demonstrated that the eminent historians are political activists first, then anything else. Their intervention began in the ruse of presenting ‘the historical evidence’ regarding the dispute. It soon became clear that they were astonishingly poor on the very historical evidence. They wrote a highfalutin pamphlet with the signature of 25 historians, and the official publisher being the Centre for Historical Studies, JNU. But as soon as the pamphlet was examined by knowledgeable individuals the very historians became champions of secularist politics saying ‘evidence or no evidence’. That their home work was so poor speaks volumes of the quality of their scholarship. Besides, they botched up the entire issue, encouraged the Muslim side to become uncompromising and vitiated the socio-political atmosphere by their childish political adventurism, and later, escapism. A good specimen of the worth of their eminences.

10. Enmity with Hinduism – In their writings, speeches and activism a distinct streak of anti-Hindu attitude is always discernible. Whence it comes from may be varied, but the fact remains that most of the Marxist historians do not even conceal their hatred for Hindu tradition, deities, ethos, etc. Their contempt of everything Hindu is apparent in their work. In some cases it