Netflix’s Patriot Act on Indian Elections – A Take Down
Netflix’s Patriot Act episode on Indian Elections by Hasan Minhaj on March 17th, 2019 has already gone viral by now eliciting vociferous reaction from almost all viewers some aligning with his thoughts and others wondering what was driving Hasan for presenting such a lopsided view on India as a country and the ruling party specifically. The whole More...
And the Oscar goes to “Period. End of Sentence” for misrepresenting Indian women
When the short film “Period. End of Sentence”, won an Oscar, many thought it was a good thing that a film on menstruation won global recognition. So what if it exploited the vulnerability of rural Indian girls More...
What Are We? A Contemplation on the Hindu Identity – 2
[contextly_sidebar id=”JiBQWtx2sPNQgFWTJ0yv8NKIVN9EiPUU”] In the previous article we have stated that the express goal of the entire corpus of Hindu darśana and that of every Hindu sampradāya is to More...
What Are We? A Contemplation on the Hindu Identity – 1
What makes us Hindu? What makes us different from, say, a Christian or a Jewish community? Are we even a single monolithic community, capable of being identified by one or more unique traits? These are questions More...
Ambitious campaign in UK to reverse colonial-era plunder
In a unique and unprecedented campaign, India Pride Project has demanded that the UK return back Indian heritage that has been forcibly extracted and moved to the UK. In a novel protest, IPP volunteers scanned London More...
Who is the real minority in India?
“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes More...
Dangerous country or dangerous study?
The Reuters Foundation (taken over by Thomson Corporation in 2008 and thus renamed as the Thomson Reuters Foundation) was established to “raise the standards in journalism worldwide through media training and More...
If India had Sharia law, Tharoor would have become Tahir!
The Congress campaign for Lok Sabha has begun. As always, unfounded lies are being propagated. The latest is – India will become Hindu Pakistan if BJP comes to power again. The person who made this statement, More...
Imperialism’s Hindu Liberals: The Legacy that Remains
The British may have left behind a violently splintered India in 1947, and the Portuguese were finally evicted in 1961, but their “rich legacy” remains. Foreign rule in India has included a foisted narrative More...
Do we want Padmavati or Christ next to Thimmappa – Decide!
I regret to state that Tirupati is soon going to go into the hands of Christians and Muslims. I don’t intend to scare anyone. But that is the reality. Most of us usually book hotel, bus, flight and even darshan More...