Acknowledged expert on distortion

[Peter Heehs is an American historian based in Pondicherry, India... Peter Heehs is an acknowledged expert on Sri Aurobindo and his philosophy, on Indian spiritual traditions, and on the history of modern India (in particular late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Bengal)... Articles in Professional Journals and Books
2008. “Sri Aurobindo and Hinduism”. Published online in AntiMatters 2.2 (April).
2006. “The Uses of Sri Aurobindo: Mascot, Whipping-Boy or What?”. Postcolonial Studies 9 (June): 151–64.
2006. “Yoga/Yogi”. Keywords in South Asian Studies. Published online by Centre of South Asian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
Articles in Magazines and Newspapers
2008. “The Bomb that Shook an Empire.” The Pioneer (New Delhi), November 22. Available online.
2004. “Idea of India.” Life Positive. April–June. Available online Distorted view...
In contemporary India, political leaders of the past have been turned into tokens that are exchanged by party bosses at election time. It is not surprising that Sri Aurobindo has been subject to this kind of commerce. One party places out-of-context quotations from his works in its manifesto; a rival party says it plans to base its programme on his ideals. A religio-political pressure group features him prominently on its website; a journalist writes that he was “was second to none” in promoting religion-tainted politics. None of these exploiters or critics of Sri Aurobindo’s legacy show adequate familiarity with his works. A journalist, Jyotirmaya Sharma (in his recent book Hindutva: Exploring the Idea of Hindu Nationalism), draws most of his quotations from edited compilations... See Books by Peter Heehs for more information and links for ordering them online.]

The distortion Heehs himself has introduced in The Lives of Sri Aurobindo ironically takes the cake. [TNM]