Politics of culture in contemporary times

Abstract

This paper contests the charges raised in Organizer magazine, Volume 1, January 4, 2020 based on aspect of Truth vs Myth where eminent Marxist historian Irfan Habib have been charged as propagator of Myth.Habib came in controversy when he contested speech of Kerala Governor Arif Muhammad Khan at session of Indian History Congress at Kerala in December 2019.This incident has been given considerable limelight by Organizer. It has been a mouthpiece of Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS). The charges raised by the magazines against not only Habib but against entire secular fraternity of discipline of History. In this issue certain ―isms‖ are highlighted but the ―ism‖ that require most fairly attention i.e. of Fascism has been paid very little or no attention at all. Here one must take note of the fact that Habib had always been one voice that has vehemently criticized RSS. He has been very critical of their ‗idea of India‘. He has repeatedly criticized there methodology of functioning. He has been highly criticalof their ‗idea of India‘, which many have found, borrowed from Nazi Germany. To Habib, like many another Historians RSS have always propagated notion of hatred, disturbing secular space and communal harmony of the nation and this notion of Habib requires explanation