Haider: Wrapping national insults on celluloid
(Note: This article was sent to us by IndiaFcts reader Nikhil Koul. He can be followed on Twitter at @kohl_nick) In his review of D.W. Griffith’s iconic film “The Birth of a Nation”, the late More...
Haider: Hamlet without the prince
Jesus cautioned the faithful about the menace of charlatans, saying “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” A couple of millennia down the More...
Weekly Hindu Persecution Digest: 10 August 2014 – 17 August 2014
1. Attack on a Hindu sacred shrine in Kashmir by radical Muslims who are attempting to build a mosque on the occupied site Report: As part of the long-term harassment of Kashmiri Pandits and Kashmir’s Hindu More...
Weekly Hindu Persecution Digest: 1 August 2014 – 10 August 2014.
1. Location: Murshidabad , West Bengal. Incident: Hindus living in Murshidabad are not being allowed their rights to perform cremation for the deceased in a 200 yers old Samshan Ghat (that is funeral site) by 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...
ASI's Assault on Shankaracharya Hill
According to this Tribune news report, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has summarily renamed the Shankaracharya Hill to Takht-e-Suleiman overlooking the Dal Lake in Srinagar. If this was not enough, More...