Jawaharlal Nehru the committed Communist
This essay forms the foreword of Sita Ram Goel’s study of Jawaharlal Nehru titled Genesis and Growth of Nehruism. Authored by the former British Comintern agent Philip Spratt in 1963, it is a relatively obscure but very significant summary of the nature and character of the politics and ideology of India’s first Prime Minister whose More...
PK is slow poison
This article was sent by IndiaFacts reader, Anand Mathur. You can follow him on Twitter @anand153. No one can deny the fact that cinema is one of the most powerful mediums of communication. Not only does it act More...
Book Review—Tipu Sultan : The Tyrant of Mysore
Unfortunately, a dominant section of the political establishment in India, inclusive of its preferred set of “progressives” from the worlds of academia, media, culture et al have been engaged in inventing More...
Is Congress batting for Pakistan’s interest?
The alacrity with which the Congress has tried to corner the government over the Pakistani boat incident speaks volumes about not just the grand old party’s intellectual bankruptcy but also its proclivity to downplay More...
Murty classical library: A plea to Indian corporate donors to foreign institutions
This note is authored by Dr. S. Kalyanaraman, head of the Sarasvati Research Center, Chennai. At the outset, best wishes to Sheldon Pollock and Rohan Murty, Narayana Murthy and Sudha Murty for publishing the More...
Do Indians prosper only abroad?
The idea that Indians do well abroad and are held back at home is an oft-repeated conviction in its city salons. Indeed the common man has also heard of glittering Indian successes abroad and suspects that all is More...