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 features of the nation and define the state in a way the interests of nation are best served. In case of India, to the contrary, our Constitution More...
The dangers of a “centralized” Hindu voice
Distributed resistance One of India’s key strengths through the ages has been its ability to defend its way of life against all odds, whether it was in 1857 or the centuries and millennia before that. Today, India, More...
Denying the existence of the Saraswati River akin to denying gravity
Since his retirement from a life of service at NCERT, Arjun Dev was in the forefront condemning the BJP textbooks. Arjun Dev wrote in an article that appeared in Mainstream, November 9, 2002 Pushing the Parivar More...
Nine anti-India activists you must beware of
1. Mahasweta Devi Books: The Queen of Jhansi Hajar Churashir Maa Aranyer Adhikar (The Occupation of the Forest, 1977) Agnigarbha (Womb of Fire, 1978) Dust on the Road (Translated into English by Maitreya Ghatak. More...
Misrepresentations of Hinduism in the Media
Hindus do not have a history of invading other countries. They have not sent missionaries to other countries preaching to them that their own religions are evil and trying to persuade or intimidate them to adopt More...
Obama bats for Islamic fundamentalists
By making misleading statements and peddling misinformation, US President Barack Obama is weakening the war against jihad—which, in his scheme of things, is a figment of ‘Islamophobic’ imagination. His administration More...
The Adulteress or the misogyny of Jesus Christ
The Bible narrates an episode about Jesus and an accused adulteress (John 8:1-11). In this narrative, Jesus is in an assembly with his disciples. A mob brings a woman to the assembly, accuses her of having committed More...
Shirin Dalvi shame: Jinhe naaz hai secularism par wo kahaan hain
Shirin Dalvi, who was the Mumbai bureau chief of the Urdu daily Avadhnama till two weeks ago, has lost her job and is being prosecuted by the authorities and persecuted by her own community. Her crime? On 17 January, More...
Understanding Islam in perspective
If we want to understand Islam in perspective, there is no better guide than Ram Swarup and Sita Ram Goel. Yes not even Bernard Lewis or Daniel Pipes has done as perfectly as the duo did; their work is marred by More...
10 Excerpts from Sheldon Pollock’s interview to Tehelka
The following are excerpts from an interview that Sheldon Pollock, currently the head of the Murty Classical Library of India gave to Tehelka some time in 2011. Videos of the interview titled “Sheldon Pollock More...