Guest Post: 2014 Key Battlegrounds–UP and Bihar
Note: This was sent in by Shwetank, a well-wisher and supporter of IndiaFacts. Shwetank is a Chartered Accountant and a keen political observer. Narendra Modi began his campaign for the 2014 general elections in Uttar Pradesh and its neighboring state, Bihar. This will take Modi’s quest for the Prime Minister’s job arguably to its most More...
The Myth of Hyderabad’s “Hidden Massacre”
BBC correspondent Mike Thompson in a recent article on the annexation of Hyderabad claims that in September-October 1948—that is, soon after its annexation—tens of thousands of Muslims were butchered in Hyderabad. More...
Tunku Varadarajan on Gujarat Riots Numbers
Assertion: In an article in the Daily Beast, journalist Tunku Varadarajan, brother of Siddharth Varadarajan the recently-resigned Editor of the Hindu, makes the following assertion about the Gujarat riots of More...
War and dissolution of India
Predicting when a war will occur is a difficult task. It is the likelihood that nations prepare for and some circumstances make it more likely. Perfectly sane statesmen, even great ones, have regularly erred in More...
Tracing India’s Constitutional History: 3
The Shrutis and the Smritis broadly make up India’s ancient legal literature. While the Shrutis laid down certain broad principles which were later developed into law, the Smritis specifically dealt with civil More...
Jihadi Justice + Inquisition Courts = Communal Violence Bill
Sonia Gandhi’s Closeness with Jihadi Groups In spite of being in virtual control of the UPA Government for close to ten years, the public by and large is ignorant of Sonia Gandhi’s ideological position and even More...
Sankarshan Thakur's History Lessons for Modi
Assertion: At the end of an oped in the Telegraph on 30 October 2013, the paper’s editor, Sankarshan Thakur provides history lessons to Narendra Modi and concludes that Modi’s sense of history is More...
Why Hindu Dharma is the Best
Occasionally I noticed that in western publications Hinduism was missing when religions were listed. Buddhism was there without fail, but its mother so to speak, was being ignored. What could be the reason? About More...
The Need for a Kshatriya Mindset: Part 3
Read Parts 1 | 2 Dharmakshetra It is worth examining the last verse of the Bhagavad Gita. The first word of this verse is “Yatra,” which means “where” or “the place where.” What is this place where More...
Muslims in Gujarat Poorer: NYT
Assertion: In its editorial on 26 October 2013, the New York Times makes the following claim: [Narendra Modi's] economic record in Gujarat is not entirely admirable, either. Muslims in Gujarat, for instance, More...