The Myth of Islamic Science

In this provocative essay, Waseem Altaf, the author argues that the notion of a golden age of Islamic learning is a myth created to counter the current sorry state of intellectual life in the Islamic world.   Introduced More...

Omar Abdullah’s response to Shankaracharya Hill

As we noted, the IndiaFacts story on the renaming of the Shankaracharya Hill at Srinagar to Takht-e-Suleiman resulted in a significant impact with various organizations protesting against this historical distortion. On 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...

The Mylapore St. Thomas myth that doesn’t seem to die: Part 2

Read Part 1 here. What stood on the place the church presently stands?    And so, it was pretty clear to me that the St. Thomas coming to India story is a myth. But that doesn’t answer the question of what originally More...

Gandhi was a Heterodox Hindu: Ramachandra Guha

Assertion: In an article in The Hindu about what the Hindus should be proud of and what they should be ashamed of, Ramachandra Guha makes several fantastic and misleading claims about Hindus and Hinduism. Of More...