NCERT textbook committee head Prof. Michel Danino told India Today that the aim is to present history as honestly as possible, without glorifying or sanitising it. He clarified that the Mughals and other Islamic rulers have not been removed but shown as part of one theme to accommodate other freedom fighters, since resistance to the Mughals began even before the British arrived. Dismissing allegations of BJP, RSS or Hindutva influence as “very stupid,” he said no political party dictates syllabu