By: Kurush F. Dalal Published in: *The Wire* Date: May 27, 2026 Source: https://thewire.in/history/shereen-ratnagar-always-spoke-the-truth-no-matter-who-it-angered *Note:* Please access the source to read the whole article
"She was always vocal in all things historical and archaeological, often cutting through right-wing obfuscation with her sharp wit." "Her whole life, Shereen had been an unabashed speaker of the truth as she saw it, always being vocal in all things historical and archaeological, often cutting through right-wing obfuscation with her sharp wit. She wrote a scathing account of the inadequacies she saw in the Ayodhya excavations with fellow overseer D. Mandal. The right-wingers were up in arms and she also ran afoul of the judiciary, which was upset that a sub-judice matter had been discussed in this apparently cavalier manner. Both the authors were fined by the Allahabad High Court and all unsold copies of the book, *Ayodhya: Archaeology After Excavation*, <https://www.academia.edu/21788096/30_January_2010_8_Clinching_Archaeological_Evidence_book_review_of_Ayodhya_Archaeology_after_Excavation_by_D_Mandal_and_Shereen_Ratnagar_in_Economic_and_Political_Weekly_Vol_44_No_5_pp_27_28> were withdrawn by the publishers."
