Selective Conscience, India?
(This was sent by an IndiaFacts reader and supporter, @gobblefunk_ ) For the last few weeks we have been increasingly exposed to images of young girls in combat gear, barely in their teens, clutching on to outdated More...
Dear New York Times: Look into your own backyard first
On 8 October, the New York Times published what can only be called a motivated piece declaring that the BJP government will use education to promote the ideology of Hindutva. Like most cases, this piece is a classic More...
The correct word is Islamophilia, not Islamophobia
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has launched the term “Islamophobia”, which was immediately adopted by the US, the EU, academic bodies like the American Academy of Religion, and then the media and the More...
We are Tribals and we worship Goddess Durga
This piece was sent to us by a student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) as part of the expose of Communist Student Unions like AISF who are running a propaganda and poster campaign against Hindu festivals. This More...
Nikhil Wagle’s scientific temper explained
More than a week ago when the nation was celebrating the success of the Mangalayan project, senior journalist Nikhil Wagle tweeted thus: The most obvious first question: is it a crime for scientists to visit temples More...