I was once a fan of Francois Gautier's writing and much of what he wrote made a lot of sense to me such as the downright dishonest rendering of Indian history by Marxist historians which has been much more scholarly argued by Arun Shourie. Over the years however, I was convinced that he was biased, echoed many of the sentiments of some of the most hardcore of the saffron brigade and put forth arguments which were so anti-islam that they sometimes almost resembled the jargon of fundamentalists he has so vociferously set out to oppose. Even though I think his arguments are not completely rational, methods not completely scientific, I have immense respect for his courage in appropriating the cause of the Indian nation (being originally a French national) and giving everything for it. One thing I must mention is that everytime I dismiss his writing, he comes up with some unputdownable arguments. I think this once he is S.P.O.T O.N.
