Talk:Abul Basar

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By Sachi Anjunkar


Abul Basar is a Professor at the Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, Glocal University, Mirzapur, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, as of July 2023[1]. According to his university profile, his research interests include colonial archives and the production of knowledge, historiography and the practices of history, and more recently public spheres, publicity, and debates over civil society in Twentieth-century India.

He has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to the rights of Hindus, or the Indian Government as of October 2025.

In his work on The Vedas as the Original Source of the Hindu Indian Ancient and Modern Mathematical Sciences: A Survey Article.[2]Poonam mixes Hindu and Islamic ideas and undermines Hinduism:

  • He describes Vedic rishis as emissaries of “Allah” and claims “Allah sent various Rishis, Sages, and Avatars.”
  • He misrepresents Hindu, Islamic, and Sikh figures as part of one theological lineage.
  • He replaces Sanskrit terms such as Ishvara, Deva, and Avatar with “God,” “Prophet,” and “Allah.”
  • He publishes these theological statements in a mathematics journal.
  • He misguides the readers that Hindu Dharm’s link to science is mystical rather than scholarly, claiming that of ancient knowledge in Hindu Dharm are pseudo-scientific.

References[edit]

  1. Rama Mantena page on University of Illinois, Chicago accessed July 2023
  2. Satyanarayana, Bhavanari, Poonam Kumar Sharma, and Abul Basar. “The Vedas as the Original Source of the Hindu Indian Ancient and Modern Mathematical Sciences: A Survey Article.” Journal of Mathematical Problems, Equations and Statistics, vol. 3, no. 1, 2022, pp. 6–10. www.mathematicaljournal.com