more-inSocial activist Teesta Setalvad has urged the youth to thwart attempts to refashion the national psyche through a sustained manipulation of history. 'Refashioning the consciousness of Bharateeyata'“The attempt is to refashion the consciousness of Bharateeyata that has emerged from the 200 years of our freedom struggle against colonial rule. It is time for us to come up with counter narratives to resist this, which will only be possible through an articulation of local history,” she said. “Slowly and insidiously, an ideology that India was mono-cultural, mono-linguist, upper caste-based, and religious, is taking root. These books are seeking to become mainstream because they hold political power,” Ms. Setalvad said.

Source: The Hindu March 28, 2018 20:26 UTC