On Tuesday, this paper ran an interview with a former IIT professor, Dr Ram Puniyani, about threats he claims to have been facing from the right wing about his alleged anti-Hindu activities.

Puniyani holds lectures and events across the country where he speaks about history with a focus on communal amity. He claims this is the second time this year that he has faced intimidation, the first coming in March, followed by a more recent, threatening phone call. The professor, who calls himself a rationalist and a humanist, has now been given security by the police.