Dear Sujit Saraf: Indians did not always believe White to be Right
In a piece published on 8 September in the Times Of India, but highlighted recently following Modi’s visit to the United States, a Bay Area based IT official and playwright Sujit Saraf claimed ”In his heart, every Indian feels white.’ Unlike many individuals who accuse Indian obsession with fair skin (which is true whether we like it or More...
Nemesis knocks at Jayalalithaa’s door
On 27 September 2014, Jayalalithaa’s past caught up with her after 18 long years (which saw several judges and Public Prosecutors), and sent her to jail. Political connoisseurs were of the view that justice was More...
Modi, Madison and Media
Amid the mix of the cynical, the patronizing, the downright racist and the ebullient reporting from Madison Square Garden it is easy to miss the forest for the trees. Beyond the song, dance, protests and journalist-added More...
Hartosh Singh Bal’s hatred for Indian national interest
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi often remarks jokingly, that many journalists and media companies would have to shut their shops if they don’t carry on their hate campaign against him. The now-editor of More...
A Lullaby to Managalyan
After a 10-month-long journey and covering 680 million kilometers, India’s first interplanetary spacecraft created history by entering the Martian orbit. Much has been made of the cost-effective nature of Mangalyan, More...
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay: Tribute to a gentle giant
This article was contributed by IndiaFacts supporter, reader, and well-wisher, Shwetank Bhushan. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay was a profound Indian philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist and an More...
Ahmed Hassan Imran poses a threat to national security
On 19 January 2014, Ahmed Hassan Imran was nominated to the Upper House of the Parliament by Trinamul Congress (TMC). This is the same Imran who had an important role to play in the communal carnage that plagued More...
The definitive Ayodhya chronicle
There are very few publications giving a factual account of historical facts underlying the Ayodhya controversy. Yet this controversy has played a decisive role in recent Indian politics, giving the BJP the electoral More...
Will Rahul Gandhi make the Congress irrelevant?
Dissent is the hallmark of democracy, as long as it is not directed at the Congress party. The catastrophe faced by the Congress in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections finally woke up the senior leaders from their slumber. More...
KM Munshi: Forgotten Soldier of Operation Polo
On this day about seven decades ago a momentous event took place in the history of Independent India as the Indian Army through their valor and meticulous preparation, made the process of Hyderabad joining the Indian More...