Is Ashutosh Varshney communal?

Prof Ashutosh Varshney

Assertion  Writing in a column in the Indian Express on 14 April 2014, Brown University Professor Ashutosh Varshney claims that If Muslims vote en bloc, there is still a chance that they can frustrate Modi’s ascent to power. Facts Prof Ashutosh Varshney’s dislike for the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is well-known. Indeed, More...

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Congress party symbol
By Sankrant Sanu On Monday, April 14th, 2014
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Congress fudges Pune voter list

BJP Maharashtra state president Devendra Fadanvis in a press conference held on Friday has made a serious allegation about how the Congress has fudged the voters list in Pune. According to him, the Pune voter More...


indian army
By Suman Sharma On Monday, April 14th, 2014
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Officer of Army Chief’s regiment let off in misappropriation case

A Sikh Light Infantry Colonel posted in RR faced a Court of Inquiry and was found guilty of misappropriation of regimental funds. But the Inquiry Board gets a call allegedly, asking them to acquit the officer with More...


John Dayal
By Anirban Ganguly On Sunday, April 13th, 2014
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How John Dayal helps break India

A leading Indian daily reported on 6 April, 2014 on a US Congressional panel’s hearing on religious freedom in India. The report titled “Row over timing of US panel’s Modi remarks” referred to the Tom More...


muzaffarnagar riots
By Sankrant Sanu On Sunday, April 13th, 2014
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The real truth about the Muzaffarnagar riots: Part 9

This is the continuation of the report on Muzaffarnagar riots accessed by IndiaFacts. Read the previous part here. Sting operation by Aaj Tak: the biggest expose on the Muzaffarnagar riots. How and why the riots More...


indian secularism
By Sankrant Sanu On Saturday, April 12th, 2014
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Indian Secularism: a multi-fact sheet

The polls for the 16th Lok Sabha are underway what with record polling rates in every constituency. Following its commitment to fostering a clean public discourse, IndiaFacts presents the following facts about More...


Jihadists
By Sandeep Singh On Saturday, April 12th, 2014
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When the Jihadists came for me…

A few weeks ago, I had written an article titled Secularism=Pornography. The central theme of my piece was how “consumers of pornography and secularism are unable to resist pursuing them to the detriment of other More...


narendra modi
By Ravi Shanker Kapoor On Friday, April 11th, 2014
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Narendra Modi: Barbarian at the gate?

Narendra Modi wants a complete breach from the imperatives of Nehruvian socialism. This is quite evident. However, it is a cause of a great deal of consternation not only in the grand old party but also among sundry More...


DESI SECULARISTS FOREVER SIPPING FROM TOXIC GOBLETS
By Jay Bhattacharjee On Thursday, April 10th, 2014
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DESI SECULARISTS FOREVER SIPPING FROM TOXIC GOBLETS

As the 2014 elections get under way, marking one of the most critical events in the life of our young Republic (also one of the world’s oldest civilisations), it’s time to take stock of how some of our intellectuals More...


Ishrat Jahan
By Sankrant Sanu On Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
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Ishrat Jahan: the complete conspiracy

IndiaFacts has accessed a documentary on the Ishrat Jahan encounter case. This documentary was put together after painstaking research and interviews with a range of people including former IB director, Ajit Doval, More...