Rahul Singh

in his book Khushwant Singh...in the name of the father

hit the nail on the head when he said that 'Indians, perhaps, do not have an adequate sense of history.' Authentic accounts of India were all given by travellers from other lands who came here. Further, Singh says, 'The most objective and authoritative books, for instance, on eminent Indians have largely been written, not by Indians, but foreigners.