Kailash Satyarthi –Nobel Prize for advancing WTO’s agenda
The choice of Kailash Satyarthi for the Nobel Peace Prize is the result of an old tussle between India and the US. Throughout the 1990s, the US used trade sanctions as well as the World Trade Organization to foist More...
Some History Lessons for Jawed Naqvi
In the 14 October edition of the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, Jawed Naqvi writes on how advocates of Hindutva can be shown to be hollow in their stands if we all just look at the ‘syncretic’ aspect of Indian history. Hindutva-run More...
Haider: Wrapping national insults on celluloid
(Note: This article was sent to us by IndiaFcts reader Nikhil Koul. He can be followed on Twitter at @kohl_nick) In his review of D.W. Griffith’s iconic film “The Birth of a Nation”, the late More...
Memory loss of Modi critics
In the 18 October 2014 edition of DNA, Hemant Karnik, wrote about how the fans of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are ever so loud and abusive , how with each passing day they are spiraling out of control. In his More...
Narendra Modi: The Prime Minister who will transform India
Introduction: India’s Phase Transition Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi’s administration can be considered to be a “phase transition” for India’s economy, to borrow a concept from thermodynamics. Phase More...