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Contents: 1. Eminent Historians Displeased with the Ayodhya Verdict. 2. The Meaning of Hindu Kush. 3. The Concocted Mahatma Formula for Ayodhya. 4. Ayodhya’s Three History Debates. 5. Dr Llewelyn Morgan: Another Hinduphobic from  Oxford? 6. Vijayanagar Negationism. 7. An “Eminent Historian” Attacks Arun Shourie. 8. The Definitive Ayodhya Chronicle. 9. Interview about Romila Thapar’s Viewpoint. 10. Ayodhya: The Guilt of the ‘Eminent Historians’. 11. Chronicle of the Ayodhya Controversy. 12. Excerpts from “Academic Bullies”. 13. Epitaph for the Ayodhya Affair. 14. The NCERT’s Denial of Islamic Iconoclasm’s  Uniqueness. 15. Ayodhya, the Encyclopedia Entry. 16. The Ayodhya Conflict Solved. 17. Tenacious Hindu Resistance. 18. The Truth about Ayodhya that Many Journalists Seem to Ignore. 19. Down with Birthdays! How Great Occasions Like the  Ayodhya Bhumi Pujan are Turned into Anniversaries of Others. 20. Iconoclasm in Kerala Too. 21. What the West’s Academy Has to Say on Ayodhya. 22. Negationism in India and in De Morgen. 23. Ayodhya, Mecca: Same Struggle! What if Rama and  Mohammed were Born Elsewhere? 24. A Buddhist Ayodhya? 25. Jainas and Buddhists in Ayodhya. 26. Open Letter to Audrey Truschke. 27. Ayodhya Forever. 28. Why Itihsa Means “History”. 29. What the Ramayaa Tells us About Itself. 30. In Praise of the Ayodhya Scholars. 31. Ayodhya as an Eye-opener to the Forces Besieging Hinduism.

Ayodhya, also known as Saket, is an ancient city of India, situated on the banks of the holy river Saryu. The birthplace of Lord Ram and the backdrop of the epic Ramayana, the land has historical and spiritual layers that place it on the top of the religious map of India. It has been regarded as first one of the seven most important pilgrimage sites for Hindus.

The present book brings together the writings of the author on the Ayodhya affair after the verdict of the High Court of Uttar Pradesh on 30 September 2010 till date. The chronicle of the Ayodhya controversy, views/writings of Left academics (ironically referred to as ‘eminent’ historians by the author), the tenacious Hindu resistance, some highly-biased Western viewpoints, etc. form the subject matter of this study. The author also draws the focus of the reader’s admiration and gratitude on the Ayodhya scholars, who braved the ‘eminent’ storm-wind that the secularists had managed to produce, and they ultimately freed India from unnecessary and artificial controversy. They have thus freed Hindu society from an imposed taboo on what ought to have been normalcy itself: a Hindu sacred site houses a Hindu temple.

The book is dedicated to the brothers, Ram and Sharad Kothari, martyred in 1990 while campaigning for the temple. Their struggle and sacrifice has not gone in vain as the temple they gave their life for is now coming up. With the consecration of the temple at Ayodhya, another long exile of Ram comes to an end. Embraced by the passion of devotees, Ayodhya is gearing up for its rightful place on the spiritual and cultural map of India and hopefully stays there FOREVER!