"Chakrabarti himself served at Delhi University for a while, and was the target of Communist slander there. Editing A History of Ancient India in 2013, he found that major publishers refused, slated contributors withdrew etc.: ācancel cultureā."
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Elst, K. A case of good nationalism: DK Chakrabarti on historiography (Pragyata, 5 February 2021)
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