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Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth by Audrey Truschke

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I refuse to read anything written by a person who does not have the dignity to respect other people's personal choices and beliefs.

I refuse to read anything written by a person who believes it's okay to be offensive and spread hate based on jumbled and false interpretations of their own.

I refuse to let a white person benefit (make money or otherwise) by talking about Indian (PoC) history.

Enough is enough.
You don't have to degrade a whole nation of people to make yourself feel better.
Hating other religions does NOT glorify your own. In fact, it does the opposite.

Learn to celebrate differences. Learn to respect individual liberty and choice. Learn to spread acceptance and understanding. Learn to live with love.
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This review is in response to the author's extensive history of spreading hate on twitter.

Edit-
My review is based on the following articles
- Reddy, Srinivas. "What does Sita really say in Valmiki's Ramayana?". The Caravan. 10 July 2021.
- Vardhan, Anand. "The Unscholarly Dishonesty of Audrey Truschke: The objections to Truschke's tweets were never about interpretation". Newslaundry. 30 April 2018.
- Swarajya Staff. "The Scholar Whom Audrey Truschke Cites Finds Her Tweet ‘Shocking’".
Swarajya. 24th Apr 2018.

I am happy to engage in an academic discussion in defense of the author in the comments below.