Srinagar, Oct. 11 -- "Writers must do research and use critical proof to challenge and correct the misleading historical accounts," the Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha said on Saturday. He said during colonial era and after independence a certain group of writers distorted our history to shape their ideological agenda. The Lieutenant Governor was speaking at the inaugural function of Kashmir Literature Festival organised by Srikula Foundation.

"Today the young historians must provide accurate and factually correct accounts challenging those lies. In the last few years, new writers have tried to do justice to the injustice done to the history of India, which is an excellent initiative. Efforts are also being made to take Indian liter...