Category: Distortions, Misrepresentations about India

The great joke that is Indian media – Part V

This is�how an otherwise straightforward news-story gets distorted in reporting: From rediff, “Do TV serials promote the Hindu way of life?“�� “…The Afghanistan government has banned Indian television serials because they feel it wrongly...

India and China: Apples and Oranges

Many of you probably�read B Raman’s open letter to Aamir Khan in rediff recently. In the article Shri Raman made several points about why (and how) India and China are fundamentally different and how...

On Aurangzeb, Kashi Vishwanath, Lies and Half-Truths

A few days ago, I came across this statement by TMMK leader M.H. Jawahirulla. He said: One of the greatest charges against Aurangzeb is of the demolition of Vishwanath Temple in Banaras (Varanasi). That...

I’m not an “Asian”

Fellow blogger Pastorius posted this great piece over at the Infidel Blogger’s Alliance. It touches on euphemisms and “media labels” regarding Asians, something on which I have commented before. Excerpt: “…There is a group...