Being a Hindu in India: The Agony and the Ecstasy
Blatant and continuous persecution over centuries defines the Hindus of India. The imperialisms created havoc to Hinduism; the colonials projected Hindus as primitive; and the missionaries tried to get the Hindu More...
Deadly distortions of Colonial Rule- Notes from ‘A Ruler’s Gaze’ by Arvind Sharma- III
[contextly_sidebar id=”z383thK60HcOc6rIKlV83jJos2b1Ro4G”] We saw in the previous parts the application of Saidian lens to assess British rule over India. Knowledge produces power; later, power becomes More...
Good Lenin or bad Lenin, India needs less Lenin
In 1908 the great Indian nationalist Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested for his demand for immediate self rule. He was sentenced to six years in a Burma jail by a British kangaroo court. Days after Tilak’s trial, More...
From NCERT Joke Book: ‘British Became Supreme Power in 1765 Itself’
Most of us very clearly remember how our school history books drilled into our heads that the Mughal empire was succeeded by the British empire. To those whose memories are a bit fuzzy, I have posted a screenshot More...
From World’s Education Capital to Depths of Illiteracy – Part III
[contextly_sidebar id=”ATgqup0t7M9Ck8j9WpIITQrW0MiX26SM”] Deathly blow to Indian universities Imagine a group of horsemen riding into the campus of a world-famous university, mowing down students and More...
India after the British rule
[contextly_sidebar id=”AZcjC5m2C7qkZ8mHU4N9aQ2SnWJvWy4I”] In the preceding articles, we have briefly explored various financial and psychological atrocities committed by the British on the Indian people. More...
Father of the Nation is too Big a Crown for Him
One of the great ironies of India is that Mohandas Gandhi – rather than Gautama Buddha, Adi Shankaracharya or Chandragupta Vikramaditya – is the “Father of the Nation”. India’s history has a galaxy of More...
Temples and the State in the Indian Tradition: Part 4
The fourth part of the series on Hindu Temples, their conception, history, heritage and legacy authored by M.D. Srinivas. [contextly_sidebar id=”D7lM4tAfrbJgRS6QDYclYuCDq7NE22XR”] Over history, the More...
Political connections Of Evangelical organizations
The first part of IndiaFacts’ series on the Joshua project mentioned the fact that several Evangelical organizations are backed and often funded by a certain section of politicians from the Western nations. Given More...