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November 2015

November 15, 2015

How the Historically Intolerant forces are now Preaching India and the Govt On the Virtues of Tolerance

When belief is paramount in your sense of being, then imposing it on others...

August 2015

August 29, 2015

Toupee or Not Toupee

Most of the World's leaders have some extremely complex issues to tackle with. How to...

August 25, 2015

Detailed Historical Context to India-Pakistan Kashmir Issue, Recent NSA Talks and the Way Ahead

The recent NSA talks have - as the author had predicted - been called off...

August 11, 2015

Republican Conundrum: The Only Benchmark of Belief is Fanaticism

If belief in one and only ideal and ideology is the sine qua non of...

August 06, 2015

Lessons from Indian Caste System and the US Presidential Race

Everyone has got India's Caste System completely wrong. Castes - the four: Brahman (teacher/intellectual), Kshatriya...

March 2015

March 20, 2015

Christian Anti-Hindu Bigot Nandy’s new rant: India should not win the Cricket World Cup!

Some weeks back we had discussed how political opposition to the ruling Government in India...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

Lights Camera Action: Enter PM Modi in his Infamous Personalised Suit

This article is by Archana Kapoor. She is the Founder and Chief Blogger at drishti.co...

February 11, 2015

Delhi Elections: Is Self Righteous Anti-Hindu Bigotry the new normal for Indian Secularism?

On December 6, 2010, a book titled "26/11 : RSS ki Sazish" (26/11: Conspiracy by...

September 2014

September 01, 2014

How Delhi’s heart mocks Secular ideals in India

Bodhan was a Hindu Saint. A renunciate. He lived in the kingdom of Sikander Lodhi....

August 2014

August 31, 2014

Love Jihad in India and Europe – Its Historical and Empirical context and Denial by vested Interests

In the recent months, Yogi Adityanath has become the target of many in India, who...

January 2014

January 03, 2014

Yearly Socio-Economic Predictions for India, Pakistan and US

Every year, at Drishtikone, we analyze the coming year for three nations - Indian, US,...

October 2013

October 16, 2013

How Republicans (America’s “Poor man’s Pakistan Army”) can bring down American Democracy

Flexible and just systems and societies always have two types of social contract - Laws...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

Pakistan Govt paid $1.8 mn to journalists from Secret Government Fund

As much as the Pakistani journalists keep asserting their freedom, and keep accusing Indian Journalists...

April 19, 2013

What is Rashtra Dharma or Duty to Nation: Chanakya-speak

What is Rashtra Dharma (or Duty to your Nation)? Is it sucking up to the...

April 18, 2013

How the NRA conquered America’s gun debate

NRA is a powerful lobby and despite so many deaths and carnages around the country,...

April 11, 2013

Sikh Genocide 1984: There is NO way anything will ever happen to Jagdish Tytler

“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act” - George Orwell...

April 10, 2013

Wikileaks and the Shocking Picture of Corruption and Betrayal by Congress and the Gandhi Family!

This past week has been a treasure trove of Wikileaks information for Indian politics. And...

April 09, 2013

ThinkIndia Speech of Modi and his vision: We finally have a Visionary and a Doer in our midst!

This conference appearance and interaction of and with Narendra Modi is special. In this, the...

April 07, 2013

Rajiv Gandhi played a middleman for Saab-Scania aircraft deal in 1970s

By all counts, Rajiv Gandhi was one of the most horrendous choice for India's Prime...

April 02, 2013

Destroying National Fabric: Govt mulls Fast Track courts to save “innocent Muslim youth” from jail

A very dangerous move is afoot. CPI leader A B Bardhan went to Home Minister...

April 02, 2013

Finally, Digvijaya Singh speaks the truth

The whole country knows. The world knows. But somehow the Congress Party has been pretending...

March 2013

March 30, 2013

Terrorist fund, Bureaucrats/Politicians enact, and Leftist Activists in India promote: Network of Human Rights Mafia in Kashmir and India

The mafia of the Politicians, Bureaucrats, Paid Media, Human Rights Activists and the Terrorists is...

March 17, 2013

Nitish Kumar plays the “Victim Card” to get special status for Bihar; wants “Adhikar” to get free doles!

In the past 10 years, no other state has been talked against - yes, the...

March 10, 2013

Laloo Yadav, tell us what YOU can do, not how you will stop others!

You know something is terribly wrong with things, when the leaders are not giving any...

March 05, 2013

Myths, facts and Schizophrenic, Hallucinating, and Hypocritical anti-Modi “Activists”

Steven Wilkinson of the Duke University has authored a detailed paper on Violence and Riots...

February 2013

February 24, 2013

Who has been spying on BJP?

Interesting... someone is spying on BJP leaders and the corporate leaders and this same guy...

February 19, 2013

Markandey Katju: Rushes out of Interview in Anger on being questioned; is he fit to run Press Council of India?

Justice Markandey Katju who has been locking horns with Arun Jaitley and BJP in general has...

February 16, 2013

Arbitrary and dictatorial executive action: Congress giving Swami Ramdev the “treatment” for his audacity to protest corruption

In June, 2011 as social activist Anna Hazare had announced that he - along with...

February 14, 2013

Assoc Press playing Activist: bans use of words “husband,” “wife” for legally-wed gay couples

Interesting. Didn't know that an apex news organization would have a deliberate slant on a...

February 13, 2013

Salman Khurshid, we know Italian is running the Indian Govt, but is Italy DIRECTING our executive now??

When BJP has put pressure on the Government, Salman Khurshid - the schizophrenic moron has...