Forgotten Liberators: Khudiram Bose
Note: This is a guest piece by IndiaFacts reader and supporter, Shwetank Bhushan Singh. It was February 1906. A grand exhibition had been arranged at Midnapur in Bengal. The intention was to hide the injustice of the British then ruling India. On exhibition were articles like pictures and puppets which could create the impression that the British More...
EASAS Conference in Zurich: a Report
On 23-26 July 2014, the European Association for South-Asian Studies (EASAS) held its biannual conference in Zürich, Switzerland. More than 150 participants came mostly from the EU and South Asia (including my More...
Forgotten Liberators: Swami Shraddhanand
The English translation of the soubriquet ‘Mahatma’, means ‘Great Soul’. In Indian history, this honorific is bestowed upon Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi. Most historical texts characterize More...
Forgotten Liberators: Shyamji Krishnaverma
For decades, the serious practice of writing the authentic history of Indian Freedom Struggle has been going on in a selective manner where only some crusaders get the lion’s share of the honor while others are More...
Announcement: New Series on forgotten freedom fighters
The 67th Indian Independence Day is just around the corner. It goes without saying that 15th August of every year is not only a solemn occasion but one that reaffirms what millions of Indians gave up in the past More...
Is Krishna a Prophet of Allah?
In the article ‘The Honorable Lord Krishna, a Prophet of Allah,’ published in Times Of India dated 2 August, 2014, columnist Tanweer Ahmad states that according to Islamic principles Lord Krishna was a true More...
TRUTH ABOUT KAMLA BENIWAL AND THE MEDIA SPIN
There is an unseemly clamour and competition among several prominent TV media anchors of NDTV and CNN-IBN among others, as well as prominent political analysts to whitewash the indefensible acts of malfeasance committed More...
William Dalrymple’s skewed perspective on the Caliphate
On 13 July 2014, The Guardian published an opinion article by the well-known historian of Moghul India, William Dalrymple: “The ISIS demand for a caliphate is about power, not religion.” We have heard this tune More...
Saint Sonia and saintly lies
Former Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist Natwar Singh’s book and his interactions with journalists have once again exposed the lie that that Sonia Gandhi made a great sacrifice in 2004 when she offered the prime minister’s More...
Siddaramaiah Government: Running with the hares and hunting with the hounds
1. The legal battles between the owners of sugar factories and the sugarcane growers are not a thing of today. While hundreds of cases have already been decided, many more are pending adjudication before various More...