A twist to Nehru’s Tryst
This was sent by IndiaFacts reader, Parag Tope. If only Nehru had said this…(The twist) What Nehru actually said(The Tryst) 11 “My chief defect is that I am more given to talking about things than to doing them” “Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them” 10 “Let me be a little More...
LESSONS FOR THE SHIV SENA FROM RAJASTHAN
There is a story in the folklore of Rajasthan that at the time of Battle of HaldiGhati between Maharana Pratap and Mughals , there was a small chieftain of Mewar who along with his son was going to join the forces More...
THE BLATANT CASTEISM OF RAJDEEP SARDESAI
This tweet was made on 9 November by eminent journalist Rajdeep Sardesai the occasion being the swearing in of two new ministers in the Modi cabinet, both belonging to the Goud Saraswat Brahmin group: Manohar Parikkar More...
WHY TM KRISHNA MUST STICK ONLY TO MUSIC
On 9 November, Carnatic musician TM Krishna penned a critical piece in ‘The Hindu’ which seemed to be his take on the condition of Indian culture in the present time. The relevant extract is produced below: More...
Birsa Munda-The first tribal martyr
This article was contributed by IndiaFacts supporter, reader, and well-wisher, Shwetank Bhushan. During the colonial phase of India there was a hero who had the courage to fight against the might of the British More...
Dear Pankaj Mishra: Your brand of righteousness is now in the gramophone era
The ill-wisher of India, Pankaj Mishra penned an alarmist article on the Bloomberg website which goes back to whip up the usual secularist fear mongering: the template is the same, only the words are altered to More...
Exclusivist faiths, fundamental rights and the consequences of fundamentalism
This article studies the admissibility of certain systems with respect to the fundamental rights given in the Constitution of India under Article 25 – the right to freedom of conscience and religion, and under More...