India Behind The Lens (News Centre)

Social media has been a powerful medium in exposing the sinister campaign against RSS.

While reviewing some of the tweets by anti RSS propagandists, I felt it is necessary to expose some of the popular myths about RSS. A lot of people are blindly ranting against Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh, without getting proper information. You can't change everyone, but at least you can put som..

You see what's really happening?

• Most of those who were bullish on AAP before government formation have gone mellow. Even inside their heart they know that AAPCON govt was not what they truly wanted, no matter how much defend the "referendum".|
   
• Most of those who were with CON camp have started defending AAP in some way of the other. &..

I think many youngsters are getting carried away with a "clean" and "fresh" option in politics. They are not realizing the risks and mistakes. I will make one attempt to drive some key points for them to ponder. This is not about BJP or Congress. This is about whether the "fresh" option is even worth considering.

I am one of those who attended Anna Hazar..

You have heard a lot over the past 3 to 4 years about Yeddyurappa and Janardhana Reddy. The infamous Yeddy-Reddy stories that made headlines across English media channels told a common Indian that everything about mining scam in south India was their making.

But wait.. there's a lot more to the real deal than Yeddyurappa and BJP. The much paraded Santosh Hegde's Lokayukta rep..

It's exactly 1 month from now, for the voting morning in Karnataka.

So many of you are supporting BJP and many of you are thinking it is a gone case for BJP in 2013. This letter is for those who support BJP, but are low on morale on how to tackle so much negative publicity about BJP's internal bickering since 2008. Even if you have written off BJP from 2013 polls, read this, ..

and why shouldn't Mrs.Patil be grateful to the dynasty? She has ample reasons to be grateful...

And here are some of the published reasons from news papers over the years. By no means, this is an exhaustive list, but gives you the glimpse of the reasons for being grateful.

1) A 2,906 sq ft. retirement bungalow on Pashan road, Pune, has now become 6,000 sq ft. during '..

Let's start with a hard fact:

India is at least 81% Hindu. No matter how you slice and dice, this is an overwhelmingly Hindu majority nation. There's no denying of that fact.

But it is also an important fact that India has been very successful in unifying its extremely diverse population. There are 1000s of castes among all religions. The..

A 23 year old paramedic student from Dehradun, Uttarakhand, who in Dilli (Delhi) for internship is struggling for a week now for her life. This is not just a personal tragedy for her, but a societal tragedy, considering that she wanted to save other lives through the noble medical profession.

Without getting into the gory details of what happened to her, it is sufficient to sta..

You are a social media buff. You love to tweet and get lots of responses and retweets. You love to update Facebook often with very interesting items to get lots of likes from friends. You love to blog on some hot topics and get lots of hits and comments.
 
But do you know the risks of doing this in India? No we are not trying to scare you. This is not even a a standard lega..

Recently, Sonia Gandhi's Congress party's General Secretary, Digvijaya Singh, was on Peace TV, run by Dr. Zakir Naik. Addressing a large gathering of Muslims, Digvijaya Singh gave us a glimpse of how India's ruling party Congress views Zakir Naik, thanks to their practiced version of “secularism”.
 
Some “gems” from Digvijaya Singh during..

After the unfortunate failure of law and order in Asom followed by the massive loss of lives and property over the past five weeks, there has been a lot of talk about responsibility. This extends to text and audio/video messages over your phone, and also social media like Facebook, Twitter, Blogs etc. There is a big crackdown happening with up to

Today, I came across a truly hilarious comparison between Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi, titled "Isn’t the choice obvious?" by HamaraCongress writer Sanjay Jha. Once I recovered after falling off my chair laughing out really loud, I managed to peep i..

The past two days in India have seen lots of “outrage” on the streets. Petrol prices have gone up by a significant proportion and almost everyone is talking about the same.

In probably the steepest one time hike ever, petrol price at retail level was up by  Rs. 7.50 per litre on Wednesday. Burning effigy of the Prime Minister, slogan shouting, TV discussions, p..

The first week of May 2012 was yet another “great” opportunity for some Padma award “winning” media folks and NGO crowd, to “show” their skills yet again. This was yet another episode, like they have been pouncing on selective reporting for a decade. Raju Ramachandran, the Amicus Curiae for 2002 Gujarat riots probe, was reported non-stop. The biggest &ldquo..

What BBC stands for: Founded in 1927, BBC is the largest broadcaster in the world with over 23,000 staff members across the globe. They thrive on the word "impartial". They are literally an empire, long after the demise of the British empire considering that over 3.5 billion pounds are spent across radio, online and TV outlets. This writeup is focusing on BBC's ..