An Obituary to an Outstanding Sanskrit Scholar: Ramanuja Devanathan
Editor’s Note: It was wrongly mentioned that Acharya passed away on Jan 6, 2017. Dr. S Venugopalan has clarified that he passed away on the morning of Jan 7, 2017 at 6.45 AM. The necessary changes have been More...
Discrimination against Hindu Institutions-Talk by J Sai Deepak
J Sai Deepak, the Delhi based litigator who practices primarily before the Delhi High Court, delivered a talk at the Press Club of India. The talk was organized by the Srijan Foundation on the topic: Freeing Hindu More...
Best of 2016: IndiaFacts’ articles that made a difference
2016 has been exciting and a very fulfilling year at IndiaFacts. We have published a large number of well-researched semi-academic articles focusing on a number of key areas in Indology, Hinduism, Cross-civilizational More...
Hindu-Muslim riot in Dhulagarh: A report
This report was filed by Rajarshi Nandy and first appeared on SirfNews. It is being republished with permission. Communal riots broke out between Hindus and Muslims in Dhulagarh area on 13 December, about 28 km More...
Monthly Hindu Persecution Digest: September-October 2016
September: 1. Bangladesh: ISKCON temple attacked for singing Kirtan during Muslims’ prayer, 7 injured Locals attacked the ISKCON temple at Kajo lshah area of Sylhet district in Bangladesh for singing Kirtan More...
Bhakti brings Happiness: A discourse by Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha
This is the English translation of the Anugraha Bhashanam delivered originally in Tamil by 35th Peethadhipati of Sringeri, Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal during 1982 Chennai Vijaya Yatra. The discourse More...
मूर्तिपूजा हा धर्मांधतेचा उतारा
This article has been translated into Marathi by Rajeev Deshpande. Original English article can be read here. “हे शिवा, माझ्या या तीन चुकांबद्दल मला More...
Statement on the Draft Uniform Civil Code for the Indian Citizen
Editor’s note: Here is the statement released by Tufail Ahmad, renowned journalist and political commentator on the Draft Uniform Civil Code/Universal Bill of Rights for the Indian Citizen jointly prepared by More...
Worship and the Holy Dogs of modernity
One of the biggest strikes of Christianity and Islam against pagan and dharmic traditions is that of “blasphemy” or “shirk.” No bigger shirk than having companions for Allah or that of “idol worship”—that More...
Monthly Hindu Persecution Digest: July-August 2016
July 2016 Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh A 45-year old Hindu priest, Shaymanonda Das, was hacked to death in front of a temple in Jhinaidah district headquarter, 300km south west from the capital Dhaka More...