Understanding the Land Acquisition Bill: Politics, changes and impact

It is hard to believe before the UPA Government brought the amendments to the Land Acquisition Law in 2013 that we were following the so-called The Land Acquisition Act, 1894, a 120-year-old legislation. The 1894 More...

Chetan Bhagat’s prescription actually hurts moderate Muslims

In his recent blog titled “It’s not moderate Muslims’ fault” in Times of India, celebrity writer Chetan Bhagat tries defending the indefensible. Though I am an admirer of both his wit and clarity More...

Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Patriot, Orator, Poet, Prime Minister and Statesman

The man whom India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru prophesied to become the Prime Minister of India one day, the man whom the then PM Manmohan Singh called the “Bhishma Pitamah of Indian Politics,” More...

BJP’s upward swing to continue in Jharkhand

The upward swing of Bharatiya Janata Party’s political fortunes in electoral battles is likely to continue with the unabated saffron surge in the coming elections in the state of Jharkhand. The Jharkhand Legislative More...

Reason and due procedure, not emotion and activism will solve Black Money case

(This was sent by an IndiaFacts reader and supporter, Shwetank Bhushan) The most pertinent question is, if we want a lawful state or we just want to take out our frustration? I do not understand, why names against More...