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WHAT IF THE STONES OF A CELEBRATED MONUMENT CONCEALED A HISTORY THAT GENERATIONS WERE NEVER ALLOWED TO QUESTION? IT IS ADINATH, NOT ADINA CHALLENGES THE ACCEPTED NARRATIVE SURROUNDING BENGAL’S HISTORIC ADINA MOSQUE, EXPLORING CLAIMS OF A LOST SHIVA TEMPLE, THE TESTIMONY OF ANCIENT STONES, THE RESISTANCE OF THE SANTHAL COMMUNITY, AND THE EXTRAORDINARY STRUGGLE OF JITU SANTHAL. DRAWING UPON HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS, ARCHITECTURAL EVIDENCE, CULTURAL MEMORY AND THE CONTINUING STRUGGLE OVER SACRED HERITAGE, DEVDUTTA MAJI CONFRONTS A POWERFUL QUESTION: WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE WHICH HISTORY DESERVES TO SURVIVE? A PROVOCATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH FAITH, CONQUEST, RESISTANCE AND REMEMBRANCE, THIS BOOK SEEKS TO RECOVER A PAST THAT ITS AUTHOR BELIEVES HAS REMAINED BURIED FOR FAR TOO LONG.
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