4/ Mandal’s confession that he “mastered the craft of creating narratives” reveals a deliberate effort to insert characters into historical discourse for ideological purposes. The narrative of Fatima Sheikh gained traction due to a lack of scrutiny and was amplified by media houses, activists, and academia. Even Wikipedia, often criticized for bias, retained Fatima Sheikh’s page, citing sources that provide tenuous evidence of her existence. This raises broader questions about how history is constructed, the role of ideological biases, and the impact of fabricated narratives on public understanding.