Main Hoon Bharatiya (Hindi Edition)

This book is the autobiography of an archaeologist who studied at Aligarh Muslim University and worked at the Archaeological Survey of India. It serves as an inspirational text, describing how he confronted the organized forces of Marxist historians in their own bastion, how a single individual confronted the empire. His suggestions for how the Archaeological Survey of India should present itself inspire new thinking among the general public and provide guidance for future planners of the department. He emphasizes that the departments immense potential has been severely overlooked by successive governments. As the first published diary of an active archaeologist, it provides interesting insights into the nuances of the subject and clearly illustrates how an archaeologist must rise above religious and regional biases. A readable work that awakens a sense of Indianness and nationalism.