Category: Distortions, Misrepresentations about India
Some of you may have read an article I wrote more than two years ago, titled: “Does no one remember the Hindu contribution to Mathematics?” I stumbled across a related piece recently: “Indians predated...
A few days ago, while looking for something else, I chanced upon this site which has all the chapters of “The Story of Islamic Imperialism in India” by Sita Ram Goel. I have not...
Back in January of this year, I wrote about the disturbing tendency of media to let sensationalism get the better of accuracy and balance in the chase for headlines. The topic was AIDS and...
*****CAUTION: Long Post***** By now, most of you must have heard or read about the controversy caused by Smt Pratibha Patil’s recent remarks on the purdah system. To recap briefly, Smt Patil, the Congress...
Last year I wrote about how the media often resorts to cliches and convenient stereotypes rather than doing the hard work to get the true story behind sensational headlines. I was referring to the...
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