Indian Intelligentsia’s war against commonsense
With the liberal-secular establishment busy trying to prove that the Modi factor was not at work in the recent state elections, a couple of facts have largely gone unnoticed. First, measures like populist schemes, More...
AAP Slanders Narendra Modi
It is a given that the pre-poll pitch is raised to a fever by all contestants as the date gets nearer and nearer. And so it is with the Delhi, which goes to the polls on 4 December 2014. Hitherto, Delhi has witnessed More...
The Hindu Mischaracterizes Narendra Modi
Note: IndiaFacts is happy to publish the second reader-contributed fact check piece that counters instances of distortions about facts relating to Hinduism, India, and public discourse. We are delighted to inform More...
Rahul Gandhi’s campaign of calumny
In holding up Rahul Gandhi as hero Congress has deeply offended talented, high achieving people by placing privilege of birth above character and achievement. To go with it, he and his family are seen as more interested More...
How Narendra Modi has cornered the Congress
I have been concerned for some time that the Congress Party’s sharply declining poll numbers would lead them to adopt desperate measures to hang on to power. I doubt they can win in 2014 in a fair fight. Therefore, More...
Salil Tripathi Wants no Heroes
Ordinary men rise to become heroes because of the ideals and values they espouse. And heroes are seldom remembered for their looks, skin tone or other facets of their physical personality. Heroes are remembered More...
Guest Post: 2014 Key Battlegrounds–UP and Bihar
Note: This was sent in by Shwetank, a well-wisher and supporter of IndiaFacts. Shwetank is a Chartered Accountant and a keen political observer. Narendra Modi began his campaign for the 2014 general elections More...
Tunku Varadarajan on Gujarat Riots Numbers
Assertion: In an article in the Daily Beast, journalist Tunku Varadarajan, brother of Siddharth Varadarajan the recently-resigned Editor of the Hindu, makes the following assertion about the Gujarat riots of More...
Sankarshan Thakur's History Lessons for Modi
Assertion: At the end of an oped in the Telegraph on 30 October 2013, the paper’s editor, Sankarshan Thakur provides history lessons to Narendra Modi and concludes that Modi’s sense of history is More...
Muslims in Gujarat Poorer: NYT
Assertion: In its editorial on 26 October 2013, the New York Times makes the following claim: [Narendra Modi's] economic record in Gujarat is not entirely admirable, either. Muslims in Gujarat, for instance, More...