‘Rational vs National,’ screamed the headline of the new pall-bearer of secularism, the magazine Outlook. ‘Fresh evidence available with Outlook revealed that not only has the ICHR (the Indian Council of Historical Research) was packed with “sympathizers,”’ the story announced, ‘but a new statement of objectives or resolution had been added, changing certain key words from the authentic Memorandum of Association of 1972, legitimized by an Act of Parliament.