Teesta Setalvad's Unholy Nexus with the Congress
After the initial hullabaloo over ‘Singham’ Sanjiv Bhatt, the disgraced IPS officer who, much to the delight of the Gujarat riots industry, “took on” Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, it took little time for the people of the country to realize how the Congress was enabling his so-called rebellion. Stories of Gujarat Congress gifting a Blackberry More...
Tracing India’s Constitutional History: Part 1
Introduction Most people, including many law students in India are under the impression that modern constitutional jurisprudence evolved in India only with the advent of the British. While most of our textbooks More...
Treat Terrorism as War, not Law Enforcement
ABSTRACT The goal of Islamic terrorists is to overthrow the government and replace it with a state ruled by Shariat. To this end Jihadists are carrying out terror attacks on both sides of the border, though the More...
Muslims don't need to repay loans
Assertion: Speaking at a workshop held to chalk out schemes for minorities, Karnataka Congress party Chief G. Parameshwar suggested that The Karnataka Minorities Development Corporation, instead of sanctioning More...
Media Ethics: something is Rotten in the State of Denmark
In his recent Asian Age article titled A week is a long time in politics, celebrated political analyst and columnist, Swapan Dasgupta observed that the credibility of Indian media has taken a nosedive as a fallout More...
U R Ananthamurthy's Serial Distortions
Introduction In the past few days, the Kannada media has seen a lot of discussion pertaining to the remarks made by Dr. U R Ananthamurthy (URA) about Narendra Modi. Many columnists have penned scathing rebuttals More...
Hindu Temples have a Role in Stifling Societal Change: Newslaundry
Assertion: In an article that examines Narendra Modi and Jairam Ramesh’s temples and toilets statements, Ranjan Crasta at Newslaundry makes the following assertion: …temples have long played a role More...
The Truth of Christian Missionaries in India
Note: This article was first published on Maria Wirth’s blog. Christian missionaries have become increasingly visible and controversial in India. As I grew up as a Christian, I would like to share my observations More...
New York Times' Misleading Claims about Hinduism
Assertion: In an article in the New York Times’ blogs on India, writer Raksha Kumar makes the following claims: Mr. Kujur and his family converted to Hinduism seven years ago. As a member of the Oraon More...
Laxmanananda Saraswati unmourned yet again
When the 80-year old Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati was brutally gunned down by a heavily armed mob of fanatical Christians on the fateful night of 23 August 2008, I wrote the next day that he is not Graham Staines. More...