The Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010 – A Primer

Introduction There has been a long tradition of non-profit organizations in India, known as Non-Government Organizations (henceforth referred to in this paper as NGOs) accepting financial contributions from entities More...

Indian way of daana versus toxic Western charity

Hiuen Tsang, the Chinese pilgrim, who travelled across India for 14 years from 630-644 CE, has left a riveting account of life under Emperor Harshavardhana of Kanauj. His most spectacular description is of Harsha’s More...

Reasserting Indian autonomy against foreign subversion

Weaker subaltern societies of the world are apparently condemned to remain perpetually in the thrall of ideological subterfuges that serve the interests and priorities of powerful foreign societies. Equally, Indian More...

Compassion International: The Paws of Compassion-II

[contextly_sidebar id=”8k6G3SxQzpEZCyNc6M698XfgiNE6rAfM”] In the first part of the exposition on the activities of “Compassion International”, we learnt how the ‘charity’, which is headquartered More...

Updates on the Government’s FCRA-NGO cancellations

The latest news on the Government’s action against foreign-funded, 524 errant NGOs comes from Kerala. In its continuing crackdown, the Government has cancelled the FCRA licenses of 540 errant NGOs in Kerala. The More...