Decoding Wendy Doniger’s Hinduism book: 2
Read part 1 here. Bridge of discourse between ‘This Hindu’ and ‘That Hindu’ Hindus need to be wary of the intractable opposition between “This Hindu and “That Hindu” that is falsely posited and perpetrated by Orientalists like Doniger. It is true that there have always been marginalized people in India; marginalized in the sense that they More...
Decoding Wendy Doniger’s Hinduism book: 1
Editor’s note: This is the first part of a scholarly critique of Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus: An Alternative History published in 2009. This book published by Penguin was withdrawn by the publisher More...
The sinister motive behind media focus on rapes in India
Judging from media reports, India has a BIG problem with rape. No other country seems to come even close. All over the globe “another rape in India” is reported ever so often. On my last visit to Germany, More...
Know your AAP
Ever since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took the reins of the Delhi administration, its ministers–starting with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal–have distinguished themselves with making crass statements More...
IndiaFacts Expose: Unmasking Aadhaar
That the scam-tainted UPA Government’s much-touted and ambitious project of giving a Unique Identification Number (UID)–also known as Aadhaar–to every Indian citizen went haywire from day one is More...
Gangapur under siege by Muslim hooligans
Close on the heels of the IndiaFacts report on the large scale violence against Hindus in Panchla comes yet another similar incident whereby innocent and peaceful Hindus have been targeted by Muslim vandals in More...
Suppressed News: Large-scale Muslim Violence against Hindus in Panchla
Makara Sankranti is one of the holiest Hindu festivals marking the transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign of Makara rashi (Capricorn) in its celestial path. It is primarily a harvest festival; Hindus also believe More...
Cleansing the media-made distortion of AFSPA
Note: The authors of this article gratefully acknowledge the inputs given by an army officer–who wishes to remain anonymous–involved in insurgency combat in the area. Introduction The summer of 2012–2013 More...
Background Check: Key members of Aam Aadmi Party
The Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which recently formed the Government in Delhi in collaboration with the Congress party made an impressive debut fighting the elections on the plank of eradicating More...
Raheel Khursheed’s new job at Twitter raises disturbing questions
Mr. Raheel Khursheed was recently appointed by Twitter India as Head – News, Politics and Government, as his Twitter bio shows. His appointment has raised objections from several quarters and for reasons that More...