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Media

Any Neutral Satire site in India? YES!

Gaurav - 16 January, 2015

Are Indian Satire sites biased towards the BJP? Even if they are, is it a crime?

Opinions

Pope’s new Commandment: Thou shalt not kill, but “Punching in face” is okay

Editorial Desk - 16 January, 2015

Pope Francis's statements showed that he justified violence in response to verbal criticism. Will this strengthen the arms of religious extremists all over the world, across faiths?

Politics

10 Tweets Kiran Bedi should have deleted before “U-Turning” into BJP

OpIndia Staff - 16 January, 2015

Ten tweets which might embarrass BJP's newest member Kiran Bedi.

News Reports

Twitter users expose Kejriwal’s Muffler

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2015

Does Kejriwal have a lower tolerance to cold weather? Or do cold winds follow him wherever he goes?

News Reports

Harsh Mander – a tool in the hand of Evangelists?

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2015

Harsh Mander, who was earlier member of Sonia Gandhi's National Advisory Committee, wrote an article glorifying and supporting evangelical conversions.

Social Media

Pearls of wisdom from Justice Katju

Rahul Raj - 15 January, 2015

The pearls of wisdom shared by Justice Katju which can leave you spellbound.

Media

LGBT Normalisation: Journo gets Minister out on a “Doosra”

Gaurav - 14 January, 2015

A leading question from a reporter makes the Minister make a controversial statement, which is diagonally opposite to what his own Youth Policy says.

Politics

Competitive Copulation: All Religions want more kids

OpIndia Staff - 13 January, 2015

For every Sakshi Maharaj "have 4 kids" statement, you will find similar statements from other religious leaders, but sadly, no one gives them the spotlight they deserve.

News Reports

Muslim cleric in India leads special prayer to praise Charlie Hebdo killers

OpIndia Staff - 13 January, 2015

A Muslim cleric in Hyderabad has led a funeral prayer, where he praises the murder of cartoonists the French magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Politics

What kind of Modi fan are you?

Gaurav - 13 January, 2015

To Left-Liberals, Modi fans are all BJPTards or ModiTards, but we realise that there are quite a few different species of Modi fans. Which one are you?

News Reports

Dalit family turned away from cremation ground by goons in Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff - 11 January, 2015

The incident once again shows that casteism is a very relevant and a genuine problem in rural India. Hindu groups should focus on this issue.

Opinions

When a humorist becomes a preacher instead of becoming a social critic

Rahul Raj - 10 January, 2015

Standup comics in India have started playing a bigger role in forming the public opinion. The biggest challenge for the new generation standup is to choose between audience, ideology and iconoclasm.

News Reports

Javed Akhtar tweets joke involving Narendra Modi’s wife, deletes

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2015

Was this a case of genuine mistake or dislike for Modi getting the better of Javed Akhtar's literary tastes?

Politics

Is Congress the B-Team of BJP In Delhi?

Gaurav - 9 January, 2015

Sheila Dikshit extending support to AAP, may seems like a deal between AAP and Congress, but is there more to it that what meets the eye?

News Reports

Mia Khalifa, adult film actress from the Middle East, gets death threat on Twitter

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2015

The pornstar Mia Khalifa is being accused of defaming local culture and sensibilities of the Middle Eastern people and society.

Politics

This man thinks he’s enemy number 1 of RSS and BJP

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2015

Are RSS and BJP be stalking this young youth? He certainly thinks so, and even produces some "proof"!

Opinions

Charlie Hebdo: This is not the time to discuss “limits” of free speech

Rahul Roushan - 8 January, 2015

Such debate will unwittingly legitimize the medieval and violent ideology that the perpetrator of the crime subscribes to.

Opinions

India’s SAHEB – Batman or Bait-man

Guest Author - 8 January, 2015

Is SAHEB a hero or a villain? or someon stuck in between? Waatho takes a look at all his "accomplishments" and "shortcomings"

News Reports

Former Uttar Pradesh minister says he will pay reward to Charlie Hebdo killers

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2015

He had earlier announced that “reward money” to anyone who killed Danish cartoonists who drew Prophet Mohammad.

Crime

Shocking “liberal” reactions on the French Terror Attack

OpIndia Staff - 7 January, 2015

Every time there is an Islamic attack, why do secular liberal faces of India either hyperactively start defending reasons of the attack or they start linking it with Hindutva?

Opinions

When will political and religious leaders stop using women as guinea pigs?

Rahul Raj - 7 January, 2015

When people fight to establish their religious supremacies through social manipulations, women, children and weeks are affected the most.

Government and Policy

Minimum Government – Are we getting there?

Ullas - 7 January, 2015

How far has the Modi Government been able to deliver on the promise of "Minimum Government, Maximum Governance"?

Opinions

Super Sniffer Subramanian Swamy

OpIndia Staff - 7 January, 2015

Subramanian Swamy has a penchant for sniffing out something wrong when nobody has a clue. Very often he's laughed at for his theories, but he has a surprisingly impressive history of unearthing wrongdoings.

Crime

When Twitter ‘murdered’ Sunanda Pushkar

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2015

When Twitteratis blamed Twitter for Sunanda Pushkar's murder. A throwback at some selective tweets from last year.

Media

Coast Guard: Damned if he does, Damned if he doesn’t

Gaurav - 6 January, 2015

When we look at the larger picture, the Coast Guard has probably done a fine job in averting a possible terror attack. The criticisms are uncalled for.

Culture and History

The History of Indian knowledge that some people deliberately try to hide and neglect

Rahul Raj - 5 January, 2015

Indian contribution to modern sciences has often been ridiculed as Hindutva jingoism, but the truth is more nuanced and needs to be told.

Media

What kind of ‘Liberalism’ Indian Journalists follow before blocking people on Twitter?

Rahul Raj - 4 January, 2015

Those who question every authority and demand immediate answers, choose to block people on social media when they are questioned.

Media

What does Praveen Swami know that the Coast Guard doesn’t?

Gaurav - 3 January, 2015

Praveen Swami's report on the Pakistani boat controversy contains borderline conspiracy theories. A closer reading of his report shows some glaring inaccuracies.

Media

3 reasons why journalists like Praveen Swami attacked Indian narrative on Pak boat incident

Editorial Desk - 3 January, 2015

The blowing up of Pakistani boat saw many Indian journalists question official narrative. Only 3 reasons why they did that.

Media

Dear Ravish Kumar, right is not winning narrative, it has just started speaking up

Ullas - 3 January, 2015

Ravish Kumar justified that the left was better than the right, but then puts very superfluous arguments to support his point.

Media

What do Indian journalists know that the Coast Guard doesn’t?

Gaurav - 3 January, 2015

As soon as the news about a Pakistani boat being destroyed was broken, some journalists started casting aspersions on defense personnel.

Government and Policy

And it was BJP’s turn to U-Turn

Gaurav - 2 January, 2015

Has BJP hijacked the U-Turn Tag from AAP?

Crime

Muslim family that converted to Hinduism stops puja after getting threats

OpIndia Staff - 2 January, 2015

The threat to the family came after an article in Urdu newspaper argued that those leaving Islam could be killed.

Crime

Terrorist caught wearing skullcap, What should Indian media do now?

OpIndia Staff - 2 January, 2015

A simple solution to stop stereotyping when news reports are not as politically correct as you would like.

Media Fact-Check

Top 10 lies spread by the Indian media in 2014

Gaurav - 2 January, 2015

Ten stories in Mainstream Media in 2014 which you thought were true but could be easily classified as Faking News.

Opinions

2014, the year ‘liberals’ lost their marbles

Rahul Raj - 1 January, 2015

It was just another year, it was just another elections, but the "liberals" lost their marbles, because things didn't turn out the way they wanted.

Opinions

AAP could win Delhi elections. 2015 not bringing Achchhe Din for BJP?

OpIndia Staff - 1 January, 2015

The residents of Delhi appear to be in favor of selecting a non-BJP government in the state. Advantage AAP for 2015?

Opinions

Who is reducing Muslims to mere skullcaps? Communals or Seculars?

Rahul Raj - 31 December, 2014

While a government could avoid taking steps that may stereotype a community, liberals are doing everything to strengthen some stereotypes.

Government and Policy

Government blocks 32 sites using Sec 69A of the IT Act: What did we learn

OpIndia Staff - 31 December, 2014

Three key takeaways after the government used the IT Act and blocked 32 websites because of pro-ISIS content on them.

Government and Policy

Dear BJP, take Kapil Sibal in your government if you love his policies so much

Gaurav - 31 December, 2014

Section 69A is another dangerous provision in the IT Act, which has now been invoked to block some content sharing sites like DailyMotion.

Opinions

Oh, the secular rush to prove that Hindus are behind every crime!

Editorial Desk - 30 December, 2014

There is a special rush among secular-liberal crowd to claim that Hindus indulge in false-flag operations to blame Muslims.

Entertainment

Protests over PK is worrying, but we should have been worried over these too

OpIndia Staff - 30 December, 2014

A movie critical of Congress was almost killed by the UPA government appointed Censor Board chief. The post has always indulged in such irrational censoring while our liberals have looked the other way.

Entertainment

Violent protests by Bajrang Dal and VHP against PK: Match Fixing?

OpIndia Staff - 29 December, 2014

Theaters are being attacked by alleged Bajrang Dal and VHP activists. Is it a genuine case of protest or is there something more to it?

Economy and Finance

How the Government swung the GST Act around

Gaurav - 28 December, 2014

What it took the BJP Government to build a consensus around the GST bill by taking all states on board

News Reports

Nehru admirer expresses disgust at Madan Mohan Malviya awarded Bharat Ratna

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2014

Ramchandra Guha expressed disappointment and disgust at the decision to award Bharat Ratna to Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya.

Culture and History

Dear Hindus outraging at PK, look what babas are doing. They are converting Hindus to Christians!

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2014

Christian missionaries lure babas to join them, after which babas preach the gospel and message of Jesus Christ to their Hindu followers.

Opinions

Cartoon: How secular-liberal Hindus see religious-cultural Hindus

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2014

The cartoon captures the essence of the attitude so-called secular-liberal Hindus have towards the religious-cultural Hindu.

Political Fact-Check

AAP resorting to lies and fabrication to win Delhi assembly elections?

OpIndia Staff - 23 December, 2014

AAP has been found using fake posters to create confusion and misinformation among voters - a crime they accuse BJP of doing.

Media

Did news channels fabricate live data on election counting day to push up TRPs?

OpIndia Staff - 23 December, 2014

TV news channels were suspected of projecting limited data on wider number of seats to fool viewers into believing that they were the fastest.

Entertainment

Calling PK anti-Hindu is stupid; Hindus don’t need to turn so touchy!

Editorial Desk - 22 December, 2014

Protesting against a Bollywood movie is the last thing one may do when the Hindu community is up against so many challenges.

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