Archaeology as a tool for evangelization and balkanization of India In an interview to Malayalam weekly Madhyamam on October 15, 2018, Prof. Vasanth Shinde, veteran archaeologist and Vice Chancellor of Deccan College, Pune, premier institution of archaeological research in India, has dismissed excavations carried out at Pattanam in Kerala by Kerala Council of Historical Research as … Continue reading Digging into the past: Divisive and sectarian politics in Tamil Nadu