Dear New York Times: Look into your own backyard first
On 8 October, the New York Times published what can only be called a motivated piece declaring that the BJP government will use education to promote the ideology of Hindutva. Like most cases, this piece is a classic example of calling the fire brigade when not even a speck of smoke is visible. Sample this: In its 2014 Election Manifesto, Mr. Modi’s More...
The correct word is Islamophilia, not Islamophobia
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has launched the term “Islamophobia”, which was immediately adopted by the US, the EU, academic bodies like the American Academy of Religion, and then the media and the More...
We are Tribals and we worship Goddess Durga
This piece was sent to us by a student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) as part of the expose of Communist Student Unions like AISF who are running a propaganda and poster campaign against Hindu festivals. This More...
Nikhil Wagle’s scientific temper explained
More than a week ago when the nation was celebrating the success of the Mangalayan project, senior journalist Nikhil Wagle tweeted thus: The most obvious first question: is it a crime for scientists to visit temples More...
Hartosh Bal’s Caravan to Oblivion
In the 1 October 2014 issue of Caravan magazine, journalist Hartosh Singh Bal repeated the now-jaded caution of how the victory of the Narendra Modi-led BJP in the 2014 elections has paved the way for the “fascist” More...
Campus Wars: AISF bullies JNU Vice Chancellor over Hindu festival
A reader alerted IndiaFacts to what an ongoing campus war occurring in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). The war though is being fought with posters and pamphlets. The occasion this time is the upcoming celebration More...
In which Pankaj Mishra defends racists
Livemint on 30 September published this op-ed by Pankaj Mishra, which warns how the Americans are falling for a dangerous cliché known as Narendra Modi. Let there be no mistake: this is your usual anti-Modi article. More...
The Economist needs to be renamed “The Racist”
On 29 September, the famed The Economist published a piece, which established what millions of Indians constantly suspected: it was racist. During the 2014 Lok Sabha poll campaign, the Economist had taken the More...
Karan Thapar ‘s Coke-crazed advice to Narendra Modi
On 27 September, eminent journalist and anchor Karan Thapar penned an op-ed in the Hindustan Times where he slyly proclaimed to offer a ‘bit of gratuitous but well-meant advice’ to Prime Minister Narendra Modi More...
Dear Mr Khaliq, stop trying to scare us to win votes
Dear Mr Khaliq, As a senior journalist, I usually keep away from responding directly to the essays or articles written by politicians because they are often just that — political and biased. However, as a More...