February Month Article

• Media is after Rijiju because he questioned their calculated silence
  • Bhushan Agrawal
    “Conversion tweet lands Kiren Rijiju in a tough spot” says the TOI, “Fresh Controversy: Population of Hindus decreasing.........

• Why I am scared of liberals
  • Mayuresh Didolkar  @freentglty
    Here is a short list of reasons why I as an ordinary citizen of India, am terrified of the liberal movement across the world..........

• How USCIRF Is Undermining Its Credibility By Attacking Hinduism And India
  • Suhag Shukla
    Worse, the organisation outsourced the report to a British activist, Iqtidar Cheema –  a native of Pakistan.........

• Forgotten Legends: Women Of Chittor Who Were Warriors, Rulers, Administrators, And Poets
  • Archana Garodia Gupta
    We separate the truth from the myths about some indomitable Rajput women of the 16th century.........

• What the Congress Should have Thought Of Before Walking Out Of The Rajya Sabha
  • Shubhrastha 
    When a speech is made in the Indian Parliament, two types of politicians speak........

• India’s Own Baghdadi: How This Maulana Has Carved Out A Mini Islamic State In Mamata’s Bengalc
  • Jaideep Mazumdar 
    This Salafi maulana eats with three fingers, has banned photography, music and TV, and all interaction with kafirs, in a small town in Malda, West Bengal..........

• MP cop fat-shamed by Shobhaa De undergoes tests in city hospital
  • Sadaguru Pandit
    Daulatram Jogawat, a Neemuch-based inspector underwent a series of tests at Saifee Hospital on Monday to diagnose his obesity..........

• Ramjas is not an isolated incident but a part of the Left’s organized pattern
  • Abhinav Prakash
    The unfortunate incident of a students’ clash at the Ramjas college of Delhi University has been projected.........

• Why the Indian ‘Right Wing’ can never become the mirror image of the ‘Left Wing’
  • A Gourav
    An article was published in OpIndia.com titled The ‘right wing’ faces the danger of becoming the mirror image of the ‘left wing’.........

• I am brother of a martyr, and I support the ABVP
  • Astitva Singh
    I am not a student of Delhi University. I am a doctor, more specifically a medical graduate who has cleared NEET PG exam........

• Manipur Election 2017: PM Narendra Modi Says What Congress Couldn't Do In 15 Years In Manipur, BJP Will In 15 Months
  • NDTV.com
    With polls in Manipur just a week away, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a blistering attack at the.....

• Ramjas College Fracas: Here Is ABVP’s Side of The Story
  • Gaurav Jha and Saket Bahuguna
    This is how the prime accused in the anti-India programme that was organised on 9 February 2015......

• Religious conversion: Christian organisations funded Indian NGOs Rs 17,208 crore
  • Vicky Nanjappa
    From an inflow of Rs 17,208 crore from 16 major organisations, 14 were Christian NGOs.......

• Trying to Stanch Trinidad’s Flow of Young Recruits to ISIS
  • Frances Robles
    By the time he was 17, Fahyim Sabur had memorized the Quran.......

• Bavaria agrees on draft law to ban burqa in public
  • The Local
    The Bavarian state government on Tuesday announced a draft law which would prohibit Muslim women.......

• Canadians want a light shone on radical Islam
  • Anthony Furey
    Last year, I revealed news that the imam of a mosque that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited was.........

• A bounty on my head, I’m a virtual prisoner in Delhi
  • Tarek Fatah
    For the past few weeks I have been a virtual prisoner inside my Delhi Hotel.........

• Modi's graveyard remark: Outrage over PM's comment points to sorry subversion of 'secularism' in India
  • Sreemoy Talukdar
    The founding fathers of Indian Constitution, while seeking to build a modern nation-state, did not include the word "secular" in the Preamble...........

• A bounty on my head, I’m a virtual prisoner in Delhi
  • Tarek Fatah
    For the past few weeks I have been a virtual prisoner inside my Delhi Hotel, unable to walk out or attend any public event unless accompanied by “security.”...........

• Modi's graveyard remark: Outrage over PM's comment points to sorry subversion of 'secularism' in India
  • Sreemoy Talukdar
    The founding fathers of Indian Constitution, while seeking to build a modern nation-state, did not include the word "secular" in the Preamble...........

• Attacks on Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Tarek Fatah: What the tale of two intolerances tells us
  • Sreemoy Talukdar
    This is a tale of two 'intolerances'. The first incident took place on 27 January...........

• Attempt by left-liberals to use Orwell to run down ‘Right’ is hilariously tragic
  • Ashish Dhar
    Sardonicism just constrained itself to post-mortal non-existence..........

• Swarajya Exclusive: Tarek Fatah on What Happened At Rekhta And How The Islamists Hounded Him Out
  • Swarajyamag.com
    We published a little while ago how Islamists at an Urdu fest, Rekhta, manhandled and abused Tarek Fatah and hounded him out of the venue premises.........

• The trumping of neutrality: Trump’s belief that the media has ganged up on him isn’t entirely misplaced
  • Swapan Dasgupta
    Those who read accounts of President Donald Trump’s 75-minute press conference on February 16 may well have concluded that it was “surreal”..........

• The NaMo wave 2.0 sweeps Uttar Pradesh
  • Dr.Praveen Patil
    After the collapse of Babri Masjid on December 6th 1992, the central Congress government had arbitrarily dismissed all the 4 BJP ruled states of North India..........

• Here’s why mobile money is dramatically reducing poverty in Kenya
  • Robert Gebelhoff
    For Tavneet Suri, an economics professor at MIT who grew up in Kenya, much has changed in her home country over the past decade..........

• How Congress Is Jeopardising India’s Security Interests By Opposing Modi Government’s Enemy Property Act
  • Nupur J Sharma
    It is said that laws are the cornerstone of a healthy democracy. But often, the very representatives of our democracy.........

• Former Kerala CM Oommen Chandy named in FIR filed in land grab case
  • The News Minute
    The FIR was filed against the unlawful appropriation of prime public land at Pattoor that lies in the heart of the state capital..........

• Muslim Women are India’s Neo-Untouchable Caste – The Case for Uniform Civil Code
  • Tufail Ahmad @tufailelif
    The rights of Muslim women to equality, liberty and dignity can be better ensured through the UCC..........

• Why India Succeeded (And Pakistan Failed) In Keeping The Army Out Of Politics
  • Jaideep A Prabhu
    It is not often that a senior government official publicly recommends a book by an academic.........

• BPL card holder in 2002, SP candidate Gayatri Prajapati now holds assets worth Rs 942.5 crore
  • Vaibhav Tiwari
    Gayatri Prasad Prajapati is considered close to former SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.........

• Demonetisation unnecessarily demonised: Aditya Puri
  • Moneycontrol.com
    Puri, who heads the second largest private sector lender HDFC Bank, concurred, saying, "demonetisation is being demonised for nothing" and listed several positives from the move.........

• The Silent Control of The Church On Tamil Politics
  • Aravindan Neelakandan 
    In Tamil Nadu elections, the Roman Catholic Church (RC) as well as the Protestant Church (Church of South India........

• Congress mouthpiece National Herald exposed for publishing blatant lies
  • Opindia.com
    The National Herald newspaper was founded by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1938. Since then, it has always been as a mouthpiece for the Congress party.........

• Priyanka Gandhi follows in Rahul’s footsteps: Gets massively trolled on social media
  • Opindia.com
    By now, people await speeches of Rahul Gandhi with more excitement than the next episode of their favourite comedy show........

• ‘Branded Hindu terrorists, killed in police custody, body disposed of as 26/11 victims’
  • Opindia.com
    In what could hint at a ghastly and criminal conspiracy to prove “Hindu terrorism” by the UPA government........

• Why Venkaiah Naidu chose to attack Vice President Hamid Ansari?
  • Anup Munavalli
    Being the bearer of the second-highest constitutional office in India, the Vice-President Shri Mohammed Hamid Ansari.........

• Kargil Martyr's Son Follows The Path Of His Father, Sacrifices His Life Fighting For The Country
  • India Times
    This family is a special one. It has a tradition of braveheart sons sacrificing their lives to save the nation from the enemies.........

• Why Communist Brutality Against BJP Workers Is Simply A Survival Tactic
  • Anjali George and Jayashankar
    The fight over ‘anarchist supremacy’ reigns over Communist parties across the country..........

• ‘They were small satellites’ – how prejudiced foreign media tried to deny India her success
  • Opindia.com
    Sometimes all it takes is one cartoon. In September of 2014, the New York Times.........

• CJI Khehar Is Leaving The Patchy Legacy Of His Predecessor Thakur Behind
  • R Jagannathan
    What a difference an individual can make to an institution! One Arun Shourie rescued the telecom industry from a policy mess in the previous decade..........

• Rajan And Chidambaram – Story Of A Foreword
  • Suhas 
    P Chidambaram. Fearless In Opposition: Power and Accountability. Rupa Publications. 2017..........

• Dark ‘State’ Called Nagalim: Arunachal’s Evangelists Pose Grave Threat To National Security
  • Jaideep Mazumdar
    The alarming changes in the demographic composition of the strategically placed..........

• NDTV Frauds – a book that shows how an Indian Media House broke all rules
  • Sree Iyer
    When you read this post, you might wonder as to why I wrote NDTV Frauds….....

• Rajan And Chidambaram – Story Of A Foreword
  • Suhas
    P Chidambaram. Fearless In Opposition: Power and Accountability. Rupa Publications. 2017..........

• Foreign Media on India's Record of 104 Satellites Launched By ISRO on one Rocket
  • Annie Gowen
    In India's space center on the barrier island of Sriharikota, the white-jacketed scientists held their collective breath.........

• Book Review: ‘Rama and Ayodhya’ by Meenakshi Jain- Part I
  • Abhinav Agarwal @AbhinavAgarwal
    An indispensable, though brief, compendium to understand the past and present of Ayodhya........

• Lalit Kala Akademi sctrutnised by HRD ministry, accused of supporting fake NGOs
  • Amit Kumar
    An internal audit by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) as well as a Delhi high court order underscore a grim litany of malpractices at the prestigious institution........

• Don't demonise Donald Trump, analyse him: S Jaishankar
  • The Times of India
    Pakistan needs to shut down "terrorism factory" and there is now international concern about it, foreign secretary S Jaishankar said on Tuesday........

• Why Kiren Rijiju Is Right About Hindus In Arunachal Pradesh
  • Swarajyamag.com
    Before attacking Kiren Rijiju on his remarks regarding the demography of Arunachal Pradesh, a look at the state’s demographic data is in order.......

• US Religious Freedom Commission’s “Alternative Facts” Attack Hinduism and India
  • Samir Kalra
    Last Friday, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a quasi-governmental advisory body.......

• It’s not what Congress leaders are tweeting – It’s what they are reading
  • Hemant Bijapurkar
    Journalist Raghu Karnad recently wrote an article for The Wire titled ‘It’s not what Modi is tweeting.......

• Congress, In Its Over-Protective Zeal About Manmohan Singh's Modesty, Is Missing The Point About Political Low Blows
  • Sandip Roy
    Just because Manmohan Singh is soft-spoken does not mean his political opponents have to go soft on him.…..

• 76% Indians feel country is heading in the right direction: Ipsos MORI poll
  • Hemant Bijapurkar
    Ipsos Mori one of the leading research organization, in a global poll conducted on 7th October 2016.…..

• The attempt to white-wash UPA’s legacy has begun
  • OpIndia Staff
    They say public memory is short. And in the times of 24×7 news and likes of Twitter..…..

• After USA, Saudi Arabia too plans to scrutinise Pakistanis before letting them in
  • OpIndia Staff
    The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is worried over large number of Pakistanis living there involved in various crimes including terrorism...…..

• A Web of Shell Companies Ties VK Sasikala To A Controversial Mining Baron
  • Sreenivasan Jain with Manas Singh and Sonal Matharu
    As VK Sasikala escalates a bid to become Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister, public unease against her possible ascension is rising..…..

• Trump's Immigration Ban Was Clumsy But He's Right About Radical Islam
  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali
    I was once a refugee, but I fear the storm over Trump’s executive order is distracting us from the threat that radical Islam poses within our borders...…..

• Nagaland Unrest: It’s A Diabolic Congress-Church Conspiracy
  • Jaideep Mazumdar
    Soon after elections to 32 urban local bodies in Nagaland were announced in December last, trouble started brewing in the state..…..

• A Narcissists’s Love Story 
  • Mallika Nawal
    Beginning with the epochs of ancient philosophy to the aeons of medical science; philosophers, thinkers, writers, artists, anthropologists, biologists and of course.…..

• 'You Will Have To Study Modi,' Says Prime Minister To Critics Of Notes Ban
  • Raija Susan Panicker
    The economy was strong and the timing of the notes ban was perfect, PM Modi said in parliament today..…..

• My Turn: Memories of Religious Terror in Kashmir
  • Aarti Tikoo Singh
    For years, only news from Kashmir could stir my nightmares of childhood terror. Then came Mumbai..…..

• ‘It’s time Dravidian parties buried the hatchet of hate’
  • G Olivannan
    It was sometime in March 1978 at Periyar Thidal. People were paying their last respects to Periyar’s wife EVR Maniyammai.…..

• Selective immigration ban already law
  • Clara Pilchak
    Wouldn't it be interesting if at some point during the presidential campaign, one of the candidates asked..…..

• The Swami’s Double Helix 
  • Makarand Paranjape
    Why would Swami Vivekananda’s views on science be of contemporary interest?..…..

• The Ideology of A.G. Noorani
  • Tufail Ahmad @tufailelif
    It is clear that Noorani’s commitment to Sharia is absolute..…..

• Soft Power: Terms of endearment and terms of abuse
  • Makarand R Paranjpe
    Painting those we dislike as saffron is bound to backfire.…..

• ‘Social Justice Warriors’ In JNU Stop Makarand Paranjape From Entering His Office
  • Swarajyamag.com
    In what can be said to be a clear case of campus hooliganism Makarand Paranjape who is professor at the…..

• Youngsters aim to revive Otteri lake
  • Shanmughasundaram J, TNN
    Drawing inspiration from the jallikattu protest, a group of youngsters and students in Vellore.…..

• This TV ad explains the importance of ‘appearing’ liberal
  • Rahul Roushan
    This thought had struck me more than a year ago, when I saw this particular television advertisement..…..

• Trump is no fascist. He is a champion for the forgotten millions
  •  John Daniel Davidson
    Obama promised solutions but let the people down. Is it any surprise that they voted for real change?..…..

• The Perversion Of Feminism: The Real Problems Of Women Are Off The Agenda
  • Rajeev Srinivasan
    I have for long thought of myself as a feminist, partly as the result of growing up in a matrilineal Kerala family..…..

• Not ‘Lone Wolves’ After All: How ISIS Guides World’s Terror Plots From Afar
  • Rukmini Callimachi
    When the Islamic State identified a promising young recruit willing to carry out an attack in one of India’s major tech hubs..…..

• Mexican couple 'remarry' 50 years on, the Hindu way
  • The Times of India
    Rekindling the bond of their marriage, Oscar Vargas Varela, 81, and his wife Maria Guadalupe Hernandez de Vargas..…..

• Bollywood, Maoists and Lutyens Media: An unholy threesome
  • Anuraag Saxena @anuraag_saxena
    Deconstructing the Sanjay Leela Bhansali and the Dholkal Ganesha issues..…..

• Alauddin Khilji and Padmavati: just who is afraid of History?
  • Saurav Basu
    Will the Indian censors, the courts, the government permit the screening of a film which depicts Alauddin.…..

• Marathas & Bundelkhand II – Chhatrasal Bundela & Peshwa Bajirao!
  • Aneesh Gokhale @authoraneesh
    Maratha rule over Bundelkhand gave us important personalities such as Govindpant Bundela.…..

• Rajdeep Sardesai tries to create sensation before budget, falls hopelessly
  • Rahul Raj
    Union Budget 2017 got into controversies much before it was presented...…..

• Media baron Subhash Chandra drops a bombshell about Arvind Kejriwal
  • Opindia.com
    Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Subhash Chandra, who is also the Chairman of Essel Group that owns...…..

• Rani Padmini: Putting The Record Straight
  • Vikas Saraswat
    Even as Bhansali Productions has announced that there are no romantic scenes planned between Alauddin Khilji...…..

• Kuwait bans visa for 5 Muslim-majority countries, including Pakistan
  • The Economic Times
    Kuwait has suspended the issuance of visas for nationals of Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.....…..

• Vedanta sees clash of Values; not Civilisations - I
  • N S Rajaram
    Vedanta sees no conflict between material needs and spirituality but a balance between the two. What it sees is a clash of values rather than a clash of civilisations....…..

• Alauddin Khilji harassed a woman. Romanticising his story is an insult to women
  • Neha Srivastava @neha_aks
    Jayasi's work perceived as 'romantic poetry' says volumes about the perception of both 'love' and women in his eyes...…..

• From UC Berkeley To JNU: Leftists Create Roadblocks For Free Speech
  • Poulasta Chakraborty
    On 1 February, smoke bombs were tossed, windows were smashed and the campus space was lit up in a massive bonfire..…..

• Is hijab really a symbol of liberation when millions are oppressed into wearing it?
  • Arshia Malik
    One has to see objectively what the hijab, niqab, and burqa have come to signify.…..

• Padmavati protests, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Bollywood's flippant tryst with history
  • Sandeep Balakrishna
    There’s just no other way to say this: the fracas surrounding Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming movie Padmavati marks the MF Hussainification of Bollywood.…..

• The Growing Network of Pakistan’s ISI in India
  • Tufail Ahmad @tufailelif
    Since Pakistan considers India its eternal enemy, the ISI is engaged in an eternal and enduring struggle against India.…..

• The Forgotten Story of the Marichjhapi Massacre By Marxists
  • Jaideep Mazumdar
    Nearly 1,700 Bengali Hindu refugees from East Pakistan were massacred by police and communist cadres in the dawn of Jyoti Basu’s rule in Bengal.…..

• Is Sanjay Leela Bhansali ignoring the most interesting love story of Alauddin Khilji?
  • Sanjeev Singh
    The so-called liberals have been an upset lot ever since Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali was roughed up at the sets of his latest magnum opus- Padmavati…..