A caution to Hindus who think Jesus is dharmic or a saint
Normally, several well-known or otherwise Hindu gurus make some common claims about Jesus which typically go along these lines:: 1. The most significant aspect of Jesus’ teaching was “living without prejudice, without seeing who is yours and who is not yours.” 2. His teachings have brought “much sacrifice, piety and love to the world, but the More...
Left liberals and Anglicized secularists’ game of manufactured outrage
The die was cast, the tables were cleared and fresh plans were laid out sometime in May 2014. Left wingers and the Anglicized seculars rallied to the bugle call to save India’s secular fabric from the unwashed More...
Girish Shahane’s myth-busting explodes in his own face
On the last day of 2014, Girish Shahane decided to be a mythbuster-I’m not saying this. They are his words wherein he purports to ‘debunk significant Hindutva myths.’ Mr. Sahane attempts in his so-called More...
Proselytisation in India: A critique from a Dharmic perspective
1) Background A correspondent recently sent me a print-copy of Mr C.Alex Alexander’s “Proselytisation in India: An Indian Christian’s Perspective” describing it as “a fair and reasonable More...
Does Aakar Patel’s racist rant against Gujaratis attract penal actions under Indian laws?
I often wondered if the tradition of the New Year’s resolution is widely followed by the public in general and journalists in particular. If the answer is yes, Aakar Patel’s resolution should be to write a handbook More...
Chetan Bhagat’s prescription actually hurts moderate Muslims
In his recent blog titled “It’s not moderate Muslims’ fault” in Times of India, celebrity writer Chetan Bhagat tries defending the indefensible. Though I am an admirer of both his wit and clarity More...
Hinduphobic Washington Post bats for Christian Evangelists
This was contributed by IndiaFacts reader and supporter, Skanda Veera. Washington Post (WP) in a recent report noted that the Christian Enclave in India “fears violence” as Hindus “press for conversions”. More...
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on Shudras
Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, the chief architect of our nation’s constitution is now mostly remembered as the leader of the Dalits and is regrettably co-opted by individuals like Kancha Ilaiah and the Marxists who advertise More...
Kancha Ilaiah’s incurable hatred of the Bhagavad Gita exposed
The very interesting Kancha Ilaiah wrote an op-ed in the 20 December edition of Deccan Chronicle displaying his good judgment regarding the debate centred on making Bhagavad Gita the national scripture. Although More...
Five major distortions of the Ramayana in academia
1. The educational site www.historyforkids.org characterizes Ramayana as follows in their Ramayana Project: The Ramayana is partly a metaphor for the Aryans trying to invade the people of southern India. It’s More...