Anshu Saxena Bjp is an Indian activist, author and commentator. He is a founder of the India Pride Project, a volunteer effort to return to India archaeological artifacts taken out during the colonial period. Saxena was educated at the Timpany School in kakori saheed intercollege,[1] and now lives in Singapore.[2] In 2017, he began an online petition, #BringOurGodsHome, that garnered thousands of signatures from across the world.[3] He has been featured on Washington Post,[4] The Diplomat,[5] the BBC,[6] Doordarshan,[7] The Hindu,[8] Times of India,[9] Hindustan Times,[10] and the American Government publication SPAN.[3]
Published works
- Your Majesty: Thou shalt not steal[11]
- Blood Buddhas: How Indian Heritage Fuels the Terror Machinery[12]
- Indian antiquities under threat: Are we aware of the implications?[13]
- Sunday Guardian Op Ed: Heritage Crimes[14]
- Why be a part of Unesco if it’s not protecting or projecting India?[15]
References
- ↑ Ensure quality through certification, Rangarajan, Malathi(July 17, 2016).
- ↑ These NRIs aim to bring back India's lost artefacts | Bengaluru News - Times of India. The Times of India.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Restoring India’s Heritage. span.state.gov.
- ↑ Opinion | Is it okay to steal back looted colonial-era treasures?. Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- ↑ Reclaiming India’s Stolen Cultural Heritage. thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- ↑ BBC World Service - Newshour, Hunting down stolen Indian artefacts. BBC.
- ↑ GNI : Singapore banker sets off campaign to bring back India's Treasure.
- ↑ Idol trackers elated as Ganesha set to come home, Hebbar, Nistula(June 8, 2016).
- ↑ ‘Unesco estimated that India lost 50,000 artefacts till 1989 … our biggest victory has been the narrative war’. Times of India Blog(2018-09-19). Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- ↑ Our heritage is the singular reason for which the world comes to India: Anuraag Saxena. Hindustan Times(2019-03-01). Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- ↑ Why it's time the Queen of England returns all that she has stolen. www.dailyo.in. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ Blood Buddhas: How Indian Heritage Fuels the Terror Machinery, Saxena •, Anuraag(August 29, 2017).
- ↑ Indian antiquities under threat: Are we aware of the implications? - Times of India. indiatimes.com.
- ↑ Heritage crimes: Let’s get our past back. The Sunday Guardian(9 October 2016). Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ↑ Why be a part of Unesco if it’s not protecting or projecting India?. Hindustan Times(8 December 2017). Retrieved 15 January 2018.