Nehruvian Statecraft meant snooping on Bose Family
As records tumble out of the IB’s almairahs, there is a veritable helter-skelter in the house of the usual suspects. Those guilty have been duly exposed for the unpardonable crime they had committed against the More...
Nehru and the China-Tibet blunder
This is the sixth part of the IndiaFacts series on distortions of Indian history. In the year 1950, two momentous events shook Asia and the world. One was the Chinese invasion of Tibet, and the other, the Chinese More...
Communist treachery and the Nehru Dynasty
This is the fifth part of the IndiaFacts series on distortions of Indian History. [contextly_sidebar id=”zqMS9qvCVL0HZRSqDZrfdJUQga8Q0iwB”] Another source of distortion of this period of history is rooted More...
Gandhi’s assassination and Godse’s truth
Ever since the BJP’s ascension to power, attempts have been made to eulogize Nathuram Godse as a sterling patriot who committed an outrageously bold act in national interest. Hindu nationalists are understandably More...
Ramachandra Guha wants science to be approved by socialists
In the 12 January edition of Hindustan Times, eminent Nehruvian Ramchandra Guha expressed dismay over the controversy surrounding the Indian Science Congress where it was claimed that ancient Indians were well versed More...
Amitav Ghosh’s comparison of Narendra Modi and Erdogan ignores history
In the 30 November edition of Times Of India, novelist Amitav Ghosh penned a piece in which he draws a significant comparison between the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip More...
Vir Sanghvi’s hatred of Hindus
On the 19 November edition of Hindustan Times, well-known columnist and ex-Hindustan Times editor and alleged Nira Radia tapes participant Vir Sanghvi penned his displeasure at the manner in which the India of More...
The complete truth about how Jawaharlal Nehru forced John Mathai to resign
Any conversation or discussion about Indian history, society and politics is incomplete without mentioning Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. For years his admirers have called him the ‘greatest nation-builder’ a ‘progressive More...
WHO DOES NARENDRA MODI REPRESENT WITH A ‘DISMAL’ 31% VOTE SHARE?
This was sent by IndiaFacts reader, Anoop Bhat. There is a huge hue and cry among the sections who call themselves progressive thinkers or secularists or liberals. Whenever Mr. Modi says he has got a mandate from More...
A twist to Nehru’s Tryst
This was sent by IndiaFacts reader, Parag Tope. If only Nehru had said this…(The twist) What Nehru actually said(The Tryst) 11 “My chief defect is that I am more given to talking about things More...