Teesta Setalvad and the art of perjury

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It seems Shashikant Patil, a convict in the Naroda Patiya incident during the 2002 Gujarat riots, who has been in jail for the 12 years was right in filing a case of perjury against Teesta Setalvad, of the NGO, Citizens for Peace and Justice (CJP). For Rais Khan Pathan, a former colleague of Setalvad, alleged that Teesta prepared numerous affidavits More...

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Kerala
By Sankrant Sanu On Wednesday, March 12th, 2014
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Bankrupt Kerala Government eyes temple wealth

An India Today report on the eve of the 2013 Onam narrated how the Kerala Government was “hard put to raise money for the payment of the usual Onam salary advances, festival bonuses etc to its 5 lakh-strong More...


Evam theatre group
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Scroll.in’s mischievous reportage on Ali J

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Hinduism
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Is Hindu Dharma good and Hindutva bad?

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Censorship of Hindus
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History of academic and media abuse of Hindus

Much arrant nonsense on free speech is being solemnly voiced by a so-called Indian intelligentsia, known neither for intellectual originality or integrity, to defend a demoniac, serial abuser of Hindus from Chicago. More...


Marxism logo
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The Marxist Devil is real and he hates free speech

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By Sankrant Sanu On Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
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Muslim goons on a rampage against Hindus in Ullal

Samaja Vani from the South Canara region reports a shocking news emanating from Ullal near Mangalore. Certain alarming developments in and around Ullal near Mangalore have largely gone unreported in the mainstream More...


Protest against Doniger's book
By Neena Rai On Monday, March 3rd, 2014
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Hindus have no rights to free speech

THE past few weeks have been rather upsetting for Hindus across the world. Under the pretext of freedom of speech, constant attacks on Hindus are being orchestrated by Hindu haters and other ill meaning organisations More...


Doublespeak
By Arvind Kumar On Saturday, March 1st, 2014
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Martha Nussbaum’s Doublespeak

In response to Penguin Books voluntarily withdrawing a book by Wendy Doniger, the Indian Express has provided a platform to a professor at the University of Chicago named Martha Nussbaum to attack Hindus and give More...


Wendy Doniger
By Madan Lal Goel On Wednesday, February 26th, 2014
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Wendy Doniger’s derogatory Hinduism studies

Introduction I do not believe in burning books, but Wendy Doniger’s 779-page tome titled, The Hindus: An Alternative History, 2009,  is a hurtful book.  It is laced with personal editorials, folksy turn of the More...