India as India has Existed since Antiquity in Greek & Roman Accounts

Mr. Saif Ali Khan, as he was promoting his recently released movie Tanhaji, made a comment, perhaps in all sincerity, “I don’t think there was a concept of India till the British gave it one.” Mr. Khan has More...

No Mr. Saif, ‘Concept of India’ is not a Gift from British

A few years ago, the self-professed history buff Saif Ali Khan named his son from his second wife Kareena Kapoor Khan as Taimur. In the Indian context, Taimur reminds one promptly of the cruel Central Asian ruler who More...

Sarfarosh to Phantom – Educating Indians About Pakistani Jihad

(A version of this article appeared in Hindi daily, Dainik Jagran on September 2, 2015.) It is in the nature of human beings to live in hope and rosy utopias, which was evident when Indians sat through Salman Khan’s More...

Open Letter to Saif Ali Khan: Why must Pataudi brides convert to Islam to marry?

(Note: This piece was sent by an IndiaFacts reader, supporter and well-wisher who wishes to remain anonymous. You can follow the author on Twitter at @readernewspaper) Dear Mr Saif Ali Khan, This is in response More...