Guwahati, May 2 -- The 10th Professor Sarat Mahanta memorial lecture was held in Assam's Guwahati.

Renowned author, poet, lyricist and motivational speaker, Akshat Gupta has said that Hindu scriptures and ancient texts tell a timeless truth, and that it is grossly wrong to brand them as 'mythology'.

He was delivering the 10th Professor Sarat Mahanta Memorial Lecture at the Royal Global University, Gorchuk, on Thursday.

Gupta, who is the author of 'The Hidden Hindu' trilogy, said that the term 'mythology' originates from mithya, or untruth.

"The moment you term Hindu scriptures and texts as mythology, you are labelling them as lies. And then the entire Ramayana, Mahabharat, Gita, Upanishads and Puranas become fiction," he said.

He fur...