An unmistakable sign out of the summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida held in New Delhi last month, is that relations between the two nations are headed towards attaining greater heights.
A bustling port town of antiquity visited by the Chinese monk-travellers Fa-hien, Hsuan-tsang, and Yi Jing, celebrated in ancient Sanskrit literature, notably in the works of Dandin and Kalidas, Tamralipta (now Tamluk, in the Purba Medinipur .
Distortion of history and freedom fighters getting appropriated by the right wing worries him, says filmmaker Kabir Khan, who believes looking at the country s past through religious lens is dangerous.