The Curious Case of RSS' Praise for Dara 'Shukoh'
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Date: 2019-09-22

Recently, RSS Joint General Secretary Krishna Gopal made a laudatory reference to Mughal prince Dara Shukoh (mistakenly referred to as Shikoh) saying that had he been an emperor instead of his brother, Aurangzeb, the face of Islam in India and the story of the country would have been completely different. In this episode of Present, Past and the Future, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay and historian Harbans Mukhia try to correct misconceptions on the rivalry between Dara Shukoh and Aurangzeb. They also talk about how a false reading of the past impinges on the present.