The Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) is being saffronised. Two office bearers of RSS-backed Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana (ABISY) and a former professor who unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha elections in Manipur last year on a BJP ticket find place in the reconstituted team of ICHR. Maharashtra has become the ninth state in India to ban cow slaughter. We can expect more additions to the list soon. The past as well as the future of the country is being altered. History is written by the victor, as they say. The destiny is also written by the victor. The Deccan Chronicle says that the lives of about 20 lakh people will be adversely affected by the ban on beef in Maharashtra. One assumes that is the ultimate purpose of the ban. Hitler overtly killed his perceived enemies. His counterparts in India do it without attracting the attention of other countries whose cooperation is required if the regime has to deliver its electoral promises.
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