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Sabarimala, gau rakshaks, and the Smriti Irani-Kamal Haasan debate
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Sabarimala, gau rakshaks, and the Smriti Irani-Kamal Haasan debate

Kalavai Venkat- January 1, 2019

We needn’t calibrate our debate responses with the intent to appeal to western sensibilities. We can offer our own narrative based on a dharmic worldview. Read More

Unasked  Questions  On  Rohith’s  Suicide
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Unasked Questions On Rohith’s Suicide

Arvind Lavakare- January 26, 2016

Emotive, biased media reports do not tell the whole Rohith story. Only the Judicial Enquiry that has been set up will do so. Read More

De-Marxification of HRD angers lapsed Marxist
Archives, Identity (Distortion & Appropriation)

De-Marxification of HRD angers lapsed Marxist

Poulasta Chakraborthy- May 21, 2015

There’s one thing that necessarily needs to be said about lapsed Marxists: they never fail to disappoint. Read More

Misrepresentation and Education do not go together
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Misrepresentation and Education do not go together

IndiaFacts Staff- November 29, 2014

This rejoinder was sent to IndiaFacts by Sri Nachiketa Tiwari, Co-ordinator of the Hindu Economic Conference in the recently concluded World Hindu Conference, 2014. This ... Read More

Why Smriti Irani needs to introduce Sanskrit on a war footing
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Why Smriti Irani needs to introduce Sanskrit on a war footing

Koenraad Elst- June 12, 2014

For Hindus abroad, depending on circumstances, knowledge of Indian languages is probably lost. In a few places, native languages are perhaps viable, like Hindi in ... Read More