The rewriting of history, the use of death threats and lawsuits to censor speech/academic research, and the deal with Aurangzeb in India:
“I analyse the modern politics of Aurangzeb. My biography of the king opens with the erasure of his name from a well-known road in Delhi in 2015. I argue that the narrative of Aurangzeb the Bigot, which crops up largely in polarising debates about Indian national identity, has more to do with modern politics than premodern history and is a byproduct and catalyst of growing intolerance in India.” More here.