
Shaan Kashyap's book explores how India's history has been interpreted by British and Indian historians, leading to two broad camps: Left-secular and Hindu-nationalist.
These interpretations have hardened over time, particularly since Independence in 1947, with each camp accusing the other of bending history to ideological ends.
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