Lies are being supplemented by an overhaul of education, from top to bottom, under the National Education Policy announced in 2020 that gives pride of place to millennia-old Hindu sciences and philosophical systems.

The potential harm of NCERT’s decision has to be assessed against this background of an already existing surfeit of unexamined irrational beliefs parading as compatible with science.

If the spectre of Trump's Big Lie haunts the United States, India is in the grip of the Deep Lie of myths turned into certified facts of history and science.

Those seeking 'evidence' that the Indo-Aryans were native sons of Bharat Mata, and not immigrants from western Eurasia, just can’t stay away from the unicorn.

'After about 15 minutes, our turn came. I pulled out my phone, with the result ready for inspection. The inspector did not bother to even glance at the screen and simply waved us to move on.'