Debunking The USCIRF 2015 Annual Report
The USCIRF report on India is very ill- informed and worst of all, biased. Some of the allegations levelled against India to support its claim of deterioration in freedom of religion is- 1) Crackdown on Christian missionaries, NGOs. 2) Attacks on Christians, Muslims and Sikhs 3) Ghar wapasi (reverting to Hinduism) 4) Purported hate speech against religious More...
India is a football in the Global War on Terror sham
The David Headley saga should make Indians realize the ruthless ways of superpowers and their geopolitical games. It has in fact exposed the real “anti-terror” face of the US, Pakistan, and unfortunately a collusive More...
NCERT Class XII Textbook: A Case Study of Progressive History Writing
Of late, a large section of the Indian media has been going out of the way to flaunt their latest obsession with what normal people would consider non-issues. These large sections of the media seek to project More...
What does it mean to be Ramachandra Guha?
And so Mr. Ramachandra Guha reminds us yet again of the truth in the proverb that a writer is known by the enemies he makes, in this op-ed in the Hindustan Times. Throughout the op-ed, Mr.Guha attempts to rebut More...
Comrade Yechury’s unyogic poses
More than 150 countries around the world may have wholeheartedly supported the celebration of International Yoga Day, but our very own communist Sitaram Yechury – unable to digest the global celebration of an More...
Reviewing Stereotypes of India’s Medieval Political History – 1
The typical narrative of political history or Hindu-Muslim encounters would say India saw “thousand years of slavery”, that Hindu kings lost to invaders because of “lack of unity and infighting” and so on. More...
Jagendra Singh or the murder of Journalism
‘The lowest form of popular culture – lack of information, misinformation, disinformation and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people’s lives – has overrun real journalism’ said More...
Analysis of mainstream media’s coverage of International Yoga Day
Yoga enthusiasts across the globe are gearing up for International Yoga Day, which will be celebrated on 21 June. To mark the occasion, cities across the world are organizing Yogathons, and offering free classes More...
The rebel who had a desire for sacrifice
Note : The following is a tribute to the late great revolutionary Ram Prasad Bismil whose eighty-eight birth anniversary took place yesterday. ‘His poetry is also a lamp lighted at the altar of the Mother land,’ More...
The Congress today has become an impediment to reform
As we pass completing one year of the Modi administration, it is a matter of interest to record how negative the media has been of the Modi government despite the fact that few would doubt either its reformist credentials More...