FM Nirmala Sitharaman had also replied to Guha's earlier tweet quoting British writer Philip Spratt's comment in 1939 that Gujarat was economically strong but "culturally backward".
The unfolding miseries of millions of poor people in the world's largest coronavirus lockdown are the ”greatest manmade tragedy” in India since Partition, says historian and economist Ramchandra Guha.
Renowned historian Ramchandra Guha today said he believes that the government at the Centre led by Narendra Modi is the most "anti-intellectual" the country ever had and is manifested in the appointments it had made in various educational and cultural institutions.
Shishir Prasad reports historian Ramchandra Guha's collection of essays cites three basic problems concerning this country of a billion.