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You can only run away from past: Irfan Habib

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December 06, 2025

HISTORIAN S. Irfan Habib, speaking at the inaugural panel on the distortion of history and facts at the Nehru Centre, Jawahar Bhawan, on Friday, said, “The fantasy of seeing the past through the lens of the present is very unfortunate.”

- MAYANK SHARMA @New Delhi

You can only run away from past: Irfan Habib

He emphasised that today’s tendency to view history without context only serves to diminish its stature. “You can only run away from the past,” he remarked, citing growing instances of the distortion of Mughal history, which is often portrayed as a period of Hindu oppression marked by forced conversions.

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