History of Hindu Heroism: A brief chronicle

IndiaFacts columnist Manini has put together a compelling presentation chronicling the long history of Hindu heroism for IndiaFacts. Here’s how she describes the presentation: This is a quick chronicle of More...

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...

Why Narendra Modi is compared only to Hitler and not Mao

Introduction The   critics of Narendra Modi (including foreign governments, related agencies and NRI academics)  have long been  accusing him  of carrying out  a “genocide”, a “pogrom”,  and  being More...

Hindu temple destructions a myth: Richard Eaton

Assertion In an interview in the ThinkFest edition of Tehelka, historian Richard Eaton makes the following assertion: The total number of temples that were destroyed across those six centuries (from 1000 to 1600) More...