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CAN LIES AND UNTRUTHS RESHAPE INDIA?

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Mukesh Devrari    It is good to have nationalism in newly carved out states, but it is grossly wrong to use lies and untruths and twisted history to mislead about the greatness of the past. RSS and its ideologues are ravaging the modern Indian history. They are giving new twists and turns to thoughts of our great leaders of the past. Unfortunately, they also have great acceptance among the youngsters who have no exposure to social sciences beyond school days. In the absence of access and exposure to correct history, youths pursuing disciplines other than social sciences do not have a tool to deal and make sense of right-wing propaganda.  Recently Indresh Kumar, member of the national executive of RSS visited Dehradun and delivered a speech in Graphic Era Hill University in a seminar organized on national security. He said many good things, but also many baseless things. This author dismisses some notions narrated by RSS ideologue in his speech. He said, “Mahatma Gandhi