In March 1993, India went through one of the most frightening periods in its modern history. The country was still trying to understand the massive serial bomb blasts in Mumbai when another deadly explosion shook Kolkata just days later. While the Mumbai attacks are widely remembered, the blast that took place in Kolkata’s Bowbazar area around […]

On 15th March (Sunday), Natasha Chart, a self-described “Western civilisation appreciator,” author and supporter of the (Make America Great Again) movement, referenced a fraudulent “caste discrimination” case initiated by the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) involving two engineers of Indian descent from Cisco Systems Inc. in the Superior Court. Chart claimed that a Dalit engineer at […]

I occasionally follow ‘The 50’, which is a reality show where a group of influencers and celebrities perform tasks to earn money, not for themselves but for their fans. It is not exactly the sort of programme one watches for intellectual stimulation. Most of the time it is simply mindless entertainment, which one seeks after a […]

It has become ritualistic for the United States to sermonise, concoct sinister narratives, and meddle in the internal affairs of partners and adversaries alike. This practice has continued regardless of which political party holds power in the US. In its latest instalment of anti-India propaganda, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has published […]

Just days before Eid, a video shared by Hyderabad-based hate preacher Syed Ayub sparked controversy after he openly called on Muslims to offer Namaz on roads. Ayub, who describes himself as the organiser of the NGO Hyderabad Youth Courage (HYC) and has around two million followers on Instagram, posted the video on Sunday night, 15 March. […]