The Myth of the Hindu Right
In media accounts today, particularly in India, it seems that any group which identifies itself as Hindu or tries to promote any Hindu cause is quickly and uncritically defined as ‘right-winged’. In the Marxist accounts that commonly come from the Indian press, Hindu organizations are routinely called fundamentalists, militants or even fascists. More...
Sadhvi Jyoti’s remarks aside, here’s how Congress Ministers violated the Constitution
For the last four days the Indian Parliament has witnessed uproarious ruckus and chaos over an objectionable and silly statement made by the Minister of State Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti during a public meeting in Delhi. More...
Building the Nehru dynasty brand using taxpayer money: An Infographic
One of the oft-overlooked facts about the Nehru dynasty is how its members carefully nurtured a vast ecosystem in almost every sphere of national life. And one of the ways in which the Nehru dynasty did it was by More...
World Hindu Conference 2014: A monumental achievement and a civilizational awakening
The World Hindu Conference (WHC) was held from 21-23 Novemeber at Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi, Bharata. It was a great achievement indeed for Swami Vigyananand of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to gather 1800 delegates More...
Misrepresentation and Education do not go together
This rejoinder was sent to IndiaFacts by Sri Nachiketa Tiwari, Co-ordinator of the Hindu Economic Conference in the recently concluded World Hindu Conference, 2014. This is a rejoinder to the article “Why do Hindus More...
Lachit Borphukan must become a household name
The famed historian and scholar Sitaram Goel once stated: Hindu Dharmashãstras have enjoined upon every Hindu to repay according to his or her capacity the rishi-riNa, that is, the debt we owe to our seers and More...
High time we rename Aurangzeb Road to Guru Tegh Bahadur Road
In modern times all of us are guaranteed freedom and liberty due to the fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution. The situation however was different during the 17th century when monarchies were the order More...
Times of India invites Tarun Tejpal, gets lacerated
In the mid-nineteen sixties, the British political scenario was rocked by the infamous Profumo affair in which John Profumo, the then conservative British defence minister had to resign due to his supposed affair More...
WHERE ISLAM & CHRISTIANITY GO WRONG
It is amazing how important religion has become in our times. Yet it is even more amazing, that hardly anyone bothers to define religion, except declaring that Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism are the More...
Geet Ramayana : A musical epic that lives in our hearts
Fifty nine years ago, when an officer of All India Radio (Pune), Sitakant Lad, who was a connoisseur of Indian classical music and Marathi Natyasangeet, conceptualised a weekly programme based on the Ramayana, little More...