Dear Barkha Dutt: You got the meaning of “Equaliser” wrong
On 7 November, well-known journalist and TV anchor Barkha Dutt penned a piece in the Hindustan Times titled ‘This is serious: Indian politics moves to being great equaliser’ where she speaks of how the generation More...
Historiography in Pakistan
While editing and updating the book, The Politicization of Historiography in India I incorporated an interesting article about textbooks that appeared in a Pakistani newspaper on August 14, 2014. The introductory More...
Mr.Daniyal History is an academic discipline: flippancy won’t do
On 28 October, Shoaib Daniyal wrote a report on scroll.in titled Meet the icons of India’s refurbished history: Mukherjee, Upadhyaya, Malaviya. After reading the piece, one would be left with the feeling that More...
Pankaja Tai, remember patience is a virtue
This is a translation of Ramesh Patange’s piece in Marathi that was published in Mumbai Tarun Bharat on 24 October. Dear Pankaja Tai, The Maharashtra Assembly elections have just concluded. No doubt you played More...
Some History Lessons for Jawed Naqvi
In the 14 October edition of the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, Jawed Naqvi writes on how advocates of Hindutva can be shown to be hollow in their stands if we all just look at the ‘syncretic’ aspect of Indian history. Hindutva-run More...
Jagdish Bhagwati is seriously wrong
I fully agree with Professor Jagdish Bhawati’s approach with respect to economic policies – creating an environment for growth is a necessary condition to make resources available for social initiatives. However, More...
Complaint lodged against TMC MP Ahmed Hassan Imran
After the IndiaFacts expose of Trinamul Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Hassan Imran as an agent of Bangladesh Jihadis, as a person who has direct links with the Jamaat-e-Islami, we have received unprecedented response More...
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay: Tribute to a gentle giant
This article was contributed by IndiaFacts supporter, reader, and well-wisher, Shwetank Bhushan. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay was a profound Indian philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist and an More...
The definitive Ayodhya chronicle
There are very few publications giving a factual account of historical facts underlying the Ayodhya controversy. Yet this controversy has played a decisive role in recent Indian politics, giving the BJP the electoral More...
BJP’s reverses and analysis paralysis
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s dismal performance in Assembly by-polls has elicited pro-forma reaction from rival parties and intellectuals. There is considerable déjà vu and not inconsiderable glee, especially More...