Tarek Fatah: The Quintessential Indian and His Importance to India
When I first heard Tarek Fatah, it was purely by chance. I was browsing around looking for some material on ISIS when I just chanced by a video which happened to be on Pakistan. Many things that had baffled people regarding Pakistan’s strange behaviour suddenly began to demystify. It also helped that this came in the wake of two scholarly accounts More...
Our 16 Favourites of 2015: Editors’ Picks
It’s two days past the new year, a fun time to make lists and look back at 2015, which seemed to zoom by and ended before we realized it. Apart from other lists at IndiaFacts, we like to think this one as an In-house More...
The IndiaFacts ANDA Awards 2015
It is that time of the year again, the time to look back and reminisce about the highs and lows of the year gone by, leaving most of us with mixed feelings of nostalgia and regret. However, the sincere, hardworking More...
Ten Things Hindus Expect from Modi Sarkar in 2016
It is over eighteen months since a BJP-led NDA government came to power. Whilst the secularists believe that scams were responsible for BJP’s victory it was also UPA’s disdain for the Indian Civilization More...
Ten People You Will Definitely Meet in Hell: A 2016 List
If history has taught us anything it is that the world is full of people with the propensity and ability to do great evil. Some are barbaric by their very nature, others are able to commit cruel acts because of More...
Whose New Year? Return to a Better Calendar
In India we increasingly celebrate the New Year according to the Gregorian calendar, named after Pope Gregory, who instituted it. A Calendar has scientific, social and cultural significance. Other than synchronizing More...
Brouhaha over Akhand Bharat
Mr. Ram Madhav stirred a hornet’s nest recently by talking about Akhand Bharat. Our electronic media had a field day with ready primetime material over 3 days, more may follow. I am surprised by the pained efforts More...
Why Narendra Modi is Good News for Persons with Disabilities in India
Narendra Modi isn’t much liked in the left-lib-dominated circles of the country and this includes disability advocacy groups. Unfortunately, most of such groups are replete with ideologically atrophied individuals More...
Religion Data of Census 2011: The Declining share of Sikhs in the population of India
[contextly_sidebar id=”VQa9c5x7jacdOQp7F0Z2xU37NjdPAg4h”] During 2001-11, the Sikhs have grown at a much lower rate compared to the Hindus; who themselves have grown slower than the total population More...
Six Habits Of The Chakravarti Adarsh Lieberal
The Chakravarti Adarsh Lieberal rules over the circle of a dharma where it is but child’s play for to step in and step out of any of the seven steps below. It is what characterizes his or her greatness, and More...