How RSS-affiliated NGOs make a positive difference
Recently, the IB had come out with a report questioning the motives and agenda of the foreign funded NGOs operating in India. It is alleged that they have an anti-development agenda, which has caused serious loss in terms of economic growth in India. Analysts, including journalists, have used various stratagems to divert the attention from the main More...
VHP’s Open Letter to Aamir Khan
From the desk of Ashok Chowgule, Working President (External), Vishwa Hindu Parishad June 28, 2014 Dear Aamirji, Pranam, We would like to refer to your recent meeting with the prime minister, Shri Narendra Modi. More...
Romila Thapar’s return to eminence
India is definitely a land of surprise and shock. Nothing else explains the fact that despite a change in regime at the centre, the controversial historian Romilla Thapar is back in business courtesy Janaab Najeeb More...
Kanwariyas: Myth and Truth
All over India, an interesting phenomenon can be observed. On one hand, materialism is on the rise, and on the other hand, spirituality is also on the rise. Even difficult poojas, like the Chat Pooja, and arduous More...
How Christian missionaries use Dalits and racism to beat Hindu society
One of the ways in which Christian missionary circles bash Hindus is to use the theme of caste oppression as a still-existing form of slavery. Hindu polemicists typically react by highlighting the human-rights More...
The secular rapes of Badaun
There is a danger in turning incidental criminal acts into grand narratives about society. The New York Times made this point in cautioning against creating broad narratives of society based on the misogynistic More...
The Economist’s explanation is rooted in hubris and Hinduphobia
On June 1, the Economist “explains” as to “Why and how we make election endorsements.” First, it is not an explanation of any sort. It is the crudest display of an arrogant and garrulous More...
Nationalism as a misstatement of Hindu concerns
Time and again, also after Narendra Modi’s historic election victory, we see a correct pro-Hindu message take an erroneous nationalist turn which detracts from its original pro-Hindu intention. This is precisely More...
Open letter to Ed Miliband
Dear Ed, Your prolonged silence on the little matter of the Indian elections compels me to write to you. It may have passed you by, or you may have been holed out in a cave with best friends, so you missed the More...
Indian intellectual mafia in panic mode
Once upon a time, India was so good from the perspective of intellectuals. Which means Nehruvian. Socialism, secularism, and non-alignment—the key ingredients of the Nehruvian consensus—were flourishing. Of More...