Romila Thapar: Eminent Historian’s continuing fraud
The 27 October edition of Hindu published a report titled ‘Academics must question more’ in which ‘eminent’ historian Romila Thapar questioned why Delhi’s intelligentsia were not opposing the changes about to be made in the education system. Specifically she is worried about recent remarks made by Dr. Subramanian Swamy about burning history More...
A tale of two constitutions – India and Pakistan
(This was sent by an IndiaFacts reader and well-wisher, Newspaper Reader. @readernewspaper on Twitter) Although India was partitioned on religious lines, the Constituent Assembly of India chose to More...
West Bengal besieged, India subverted
“There was a siege going on; it had been going on for a long time, but the besieged themselves were the last to take notice of it.” – Paula Fox, a well-known American novelist. Recent incidents More...
Secular Phantom Menace and Communal Healing
“You see the coefficient of the linear, is juxtaposition, by the hemoglobin of the atmospheric pressure in the country!” – Amitabh Bachchan (Amar, Akbar, Anthony) Given the level of political and social More...
Dear Sagarika Ghose: Remember gutter snipe?
On 26 October, Sagarika Ghose in her blog in the Times of India expressed her concern that freedom of speech in India is under threat with a BJP government led by Narendra Modi at the helm. It appears that her fear More...
Pankaja Tai, remember patience is a virtue
This is a translation of Ramesh Patange’s piece in Marathi that was published in Mumbai Tarun Bharat on 24 October. Dear Pankaja Tai, The Maharashtra Assembly elections have just concluded. No doubt you played More...
KASHMIR ISSUE BEGINS WITH THE INSTRUMENT OF ACCESSION
The gory struggle for land is one of the most recurring as well as regrettable chapter in the history of mankind, and the 20th Century is no exception. Whether it is Greece vs Turkey over Cyprus, Armenia vs Azerbaijan More...