Evangelical NGO Operation Mobilization’s foreign funding
A feasible method to understand the operations of any Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) working in India would be to study the profile of its donors. Since NGOs registered under Foreign Contribution Regulation More...
Rise of Dharmic faiths in the United States of America
According to latest data available from the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies- ASARB, are seeing an increase among the adherents of Dharmic faiths – that is Hinduism and Buddhism. The most More...
Islamic preacher learns Sanskrit to distort Hinduism
Recently, IndiaFacts came across a video which shows a Muslim scholar reciting verses from the ‘Upanishads’ to a large audience emphasizing how the ‘Upanishads’ speak of a ‘Formless Godhead’. He then More...
Why the Congress should not be given the Leader of Opposition
The short and simple answer: it hasn’t earned it and therefore doesn’t deserve it. The slightly longer answer: with a paltry 44 MPs, it doesn’t have the 10% strength required to become the Leader of Opposition. There’s More...
Is Zakir Naik responsible for the rising violence in the Islamic world?
Note: This is a guest article sent by IndiaFacts reader and supporter, Anand Mathur. The Middle East is burning with the fire of hatred as Muslims in the region commit fratricide. Europe is itself grappling with More...
Plight of Hindus in Bengal: an interview with Tapan Ghosh
Tapan Ghosh is the founder and head of Hindu Samhati, West Bengal. He has been a tireless activist fighting for Hindus and Hindu causes in the state at immense personal risk. The following interview first appeared More...
IndiaFacts seminar proceedings: Persecution of Hindus
On 21 June 2014, IndiaFacts organized a successful seminar entitled Persecution of Hindus: Historical and Contemporary Narratives at India International Centre, Delhi. Speakers at the seminar included the following More...
Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee: a heartfelt tribute
Early life and career Syama Prasad Mookerjee was born in a Bengali family on 6 July 1901 in Calcutta (Kolkata). His father was Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, a judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William, Bengal, More...
Announcement: IndiaFacts Seminar on the Persecution of Hindus
No article or book on the history of the Hindus is complete without Will Durant’s legendary quote on the medieval conquest of India by Islamic invaders: The Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest More...
Narendra Modi’s visa denial still an unhealed wound
Narendra Modi’s thumping electoral victory and his ascension as Prime Minister has evoked all kinds of reactions across the world—the reactions fall in the broad gamut between “how could this happen?” to More...