By Veera Skanda On Thursday, January 12th, 2017
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Understanding Contemporary Hindu Failures

It is commonly “understood” that Hindus are systematically disadvantaged in India, through constitution and state policy. It is usually conceded that the early anti-Hindu legislations after independence were More...

By Veera Skanda On Monday, July 20th, 2015
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Hindu View of Leadership

The colonization of India had one major destructive impact among several others: a near-complete obliteration of all brahma-kshAtra spheres of activity including leadership. Today, both the Indian state and academia More...

By Veera Skanda On Monday, June 15th, 2015
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Reviewing Stereotypes of India’s Medieval Political History – 1

The typical narrative of political history or Hindu-Muslim encounters would say India saw “thousand years of slavery”, that Hindu kings lost to invaders because of “lack of unity and infighting” and so on. More...

By Veera Skanda On Monday, February 16th, 2015
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Constitution, State, Law and Nation: A critique of the Models

This was contributed by IndiaFacts reader and supporter, Skanda Veera. The Constitution A Constitution is meant to define a state that protects the nation. It should both understand and reflect the characteristic More...