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Editor-in Chief of The Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, doesnât miss an opportunity to mention the ârighteousâ mystery of this pun: âLeft says we (i.e. The Indian Express) are Right, the Right says we are Left. So we must be Rightâ
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But even outstanding public figures can stand out on the peripheries of public discourse which has its centre defined by the Left liberal consensus. Shourie is an unsettling figure for that consensus. So when he took a critical look at the Ambedkarite legacy in his book Worshipping False Gods, he had set himself up to be distanced from that centre.
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Correcting the alleged (or perceived) âwrongsâ of Red historians has been a running theme in Mr Shourieâs intellectual engagement, as it has been in the works of other contemporary ideologues