Weekly Hindu Persecution Digest: 10-17 May 2015
1. Kerala Jihadi’s strike in Qatar ; Beats up Hindu youth Report: It has been reported that Jihadists in Doha swooped down a merciless attack on a Malayali youth for alleged derogatory comments on Facebook. More...
Modi’s China Visit: India—China the new giants
In the ongoing visit to China by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this infographic pithily explains what the visit holds for both the countries in terms of economics, development, technology, the future of BRICS, and More...
Is there a Gloriavale Commune in Southern Tamil Nadu?
Gloriavale Christian Community (GCC) is a Christian commune in New Zealand which calls itself as a Church. Its members are supposed to live a life based on Biblical principles. Nearly 80 families live in a farm-like More...
Rediscovering India: Need for a revised Historiography
Background: need a new historiography All areas of knowledge have to be periodically re-examined and rewritten in the light of new knowledge. History cannot remain exempt from this rule. History books in India still More...
Hindutva In The 21st Century
Background The rise of Hindutva may prove to be the most important phenomenon of the 21st century. It is therefore of great importance to understand its meaning and implication. India is unique as a civilization More...
China wants to use Pakistan as disposable item, says US academic
An American scholar, who is an outspoken critic of Pakistan army domination of their country’s politics and author of “Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War,” has said China just wants to use More...
The threat of Islamic Radicalization in India
On March 19, India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh, told a counter-terrorism conference in Jaipur: “Indian Muslims are patriots and are not swayed by fundamentalist ideologies. Extremism is alien to their More...
Hindus and the Restoration of Cultural Diversity
If we turn back the clock 2000 years we would see a world full of diverse societies and cultures. Though there were indeed clearly identifiable markers that represented distinct civilizations, be they Chinese, Indian, More...
Conformity as History: A review of Ramachandra Guha’s Makers of Modern India
In post-Independent India, conformism to the received wisdom is the key to “glory” in social sciences/historical studies, and deviation leads to guillotine. Ramachandra Guha is fully conscious of this More...
IndiaFacts Interview with Hindol Sengupta
IndiaFacts editor Sandeep Balakrishna recently caught up with author and journalist, Hindol Sengupta for a casual chat about his latest Recasting India, which has received critical acclaim. Recasting India has been More...