Subramanian Swamy: A Hindu fighter everyone fears
The various reactions to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy’s remark that mosques are mere buildings are typical: the man is a bigot, communal, divisive, etc. And again, typically, nobody has refuted the argument or dismissed the facts that he has provided—that mosques have been demolished in Saudi Arabia, the cradle of Islam and the More...
Rape narrative undermines India as a source of wisdom and healing
Recently the Indian Government’s Minister M Venkaiah Naidu labeled the BBC’s documentary as part of a conspiracy against India. Some responded by saying if there is any conspiracy it is against women. There More...
Anti-Cow slaughter legislation: Panic in Bangladesh
Even as controversy over recent legislations to ban cow slaughter occupy news space in India, here is how it has impacted our neighbour Bangladesh according to this Daily Star report. Beef prices are soaring mainly More...
Mr. Julio Ribeiro, aren’t you an Indian first?
In the 16 March edition of the Indian Express, the well-respected (retired) police officer Julio Ribeiro wrote an alarmist column claiming how he is feeling threatened and alienated as a Christian in his land of More...
Julio Ribeiro says Hindu Rashtra proponents emboldened under Modi
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US Consulate in Mumbai interferes in India’s internal issues
The graphic below is an invitation printed in the US Consulate General’s name (in Mumbai) giving information about an event the U.S. Consulate General has organized on the 16th of March in Mumbai. The event More...
I too am India’s Daughter
It was several months ago, sitting in the dentist’s chair, something I look very little forward to… that I heard the question. “Why is it that your culture treats women so badly?” Now, I must tell More...
The Endless Agony of England’s Daughters
Hundreds of thousands of minor English girl children may have been sexually exploited over the past two and a half decades, according to Ms. Sarah Champion, Labour MP from Rotherham.[1] How many in agony? A 2012 More...
Woman In Christianity
(This was first published in Expressions of Christianity, With a Focus on India, Vivekananda Kendra Prakashan, Chennai, 2007, pp. 83-97) Christian evangelistic literature abounds in condemnations of Hindu society; More...
The case for an Indian Right intellectual ecosystem
His body was placed on a raised chair in a sitting posture. From the early hours of the morning, enormous crowds gathered to catch a last glimpse of their departed leader. People had started arriving in special More...