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Long list of authors, artists and scientists who have slammed Award Wapsee

OpIndia Staff -
A list of all the eminent people who have slammed award wapsee
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Opinions

Modi must wake up and smell the narratives

Guest Author -
The Man Who Lives By The Narrative...
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Opinions

A response to Aakar Patel’s “call to action” to Bollywood

Mayuresh Didolkar -
Aakar Patel writes sans logic and facts, again.
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News Reports

Artists join Scientists in slamming Award Wapsee brigade, Plan counter movement “Jawab Do”

OpIndia Staff -
More and more people are speaking against Award Wapsee
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News Reports

Scientists slam Award Wapsee, call it a mere “show”

OpIndia Staff -
Award Wapsee is drawing criticism from Scientists
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News Reports

Viral video: Councillor gets a Milk Bath “Abhishek” for being victorious in Civic Polls

OpIndia Staff -
Vanity of politicians knows no bar
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Politics

Intolerance in Modi’s India: Reading an Adarsh Liberal’s mind

Thought Gun -
An Adarsh Liberal laments the state of affairs in India under Modi.
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Opinions

This is why scientists are not joining the award-return bandwagon

Guest Author -
A response to a blog on NDTV
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Opinions

The Horrendous Communication Strategy of “Modi Sarkar“

Ullas -
The Government must act on its failed communication policy
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Opinions

When Mahatma Gandhi mediated a debate over whether Vedic Hindus ate beef

Manithan -
The debate over whether beef eating was allowed as per Vedas, is almost a century old.
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Opinions

But Rajdeep Sardesai you are wrong. Again

Gaurav -
Rajdeep Sardesai once again reveals his hypocrisy
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News Reports

Ashok Chakradhar hits out at award returnees, asks them to see through TRP game and politics

OpIndia Staff -
Chakradhar has questioned the wisdom of those who are taking this route to protest against the claimed issues of tolerance and free speech.
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Culture and History

Series | Decoding Indian Belief Systems: Circle versus Line

Guest Author -
The major difference between the Western and the Eastern thought is on how they view life: as a line or as a circle
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Opinions

Journalist and old friend of Sanjiv Bhatt asks: Did you use me Sanjiv Sahab?

Guest Author -
A journalist feels betrayed by former Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt. Read his first hand account of what happened.
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News Reports

Meet your Sahitya Akademi Award Returnees

OpIndia Staff -
A deeper look into the backgrounds of some writers who returned their Sahitya Akademi awards
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Opinions

Two sides to the coin which is flung in Dance Bars

Guest Author -
There are two sides to the Dance Bars argument
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Media

Mother Teresa’s orphanages not de-recognized, but victim of own religious illiberalism

Gaurav -
When religion stops liberal policies
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Media

Did a BJP leader own a meat factory, or was he even a BJP leader? A fact check on media reports

Guest Author -
Blatant untruths and hiding inconvenient facts has become standard practice for media
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Opinions

Digital India could create a problem for Swacch Bharat

Guest Author -
e-Waste can be a huge by-product of Digital India and without adequate measures may interfere with Swacch Bharat
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Media

Modi’s clothing subjected to another hit-job by Indian media

OpIndia Staff -
Indian media: reporting on banalities and that too without accuracy
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Media

Dear Media, attack the PM for the right reasons

India Speaks -
A reminder to the media on what its role should be
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Opinions

With Sahitya Akademi award controversy, Nayantara Sahgal exposes another case of selective outrage

Guest Author -
Nayantara Sahgal was fine with the "Idea of India" when Sikhs were butchered, and when Kashmiri Pandits were thrown out?
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News Reports

Smriti Irani takes to Twitter to call out Media spin

OpIndia Staff -
The Hindu caught spinning by HRD Minister
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Opinions

Indian Media is the new fringe?

Guest Author -
Does India Media want communal riots to happen? What explains their acidic agenda?
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Fact-Check

Top Lies spread by Indian Media in September 2015

Gaurav -
Media has told 24 lies in September 2015
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Opinions

The Dadri death has killed a bit of hope in our minds too

Rahul Raj -
Commentaries given by many BJP leaders on the Dadri type even are shaking the faith in the organization
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News Reports

Sorry Rahul Gandhi, the various claims about your whereabouts don’t add up

Guest Author -
Rahul Gandhi is missing and his alibi doesn't seem to hold ground
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News Reports

Untruths about Mahatma Gandhi floating on social media

OpIndia Staff -
Unverified "factoids" about Mahatma Gandhi plague the internet
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Economy and Finance

Fact-Check: The Hindu resorts to creative interpretations of GDP data just to prove Modi is wrong

Thought Gun -
Indian media can resort to anything to show PM Modi in bad light
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Opinions

Demolishing the Aurangzeb Apologist Cabal

Guest Author -
Devious translations and convenient interpretations to whitewash Aurangzeb
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Opinions

Attacking Modi’s mother shows the intellectual bankruptcy of Congress

Gaurav -
A pathetic attack from Congress which will backfire on them some day
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News Reports

American tycoons leading finance, technology and media give a ‘Rock Star’ treatment to Modi

OpIndia Staff -
In New York, Narendra Modi assured Fortune 500 CEOs that India has heard their concerns, it is ready to clean barriers
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Media

Meat Bans in Maharashtra & rest of India, a fact check

Dhaval Patel -
A look at the cold facts which show the origins of all Meat Bans
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Media

#OnionScam in Delhi or a media hit job on AAP?

Gaurav -
Arvind Kejirwal Govt's "first scam" seems to be more of a media hitjob
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News Reports

Thousands of kids rescued from slavery after home ministry launches nationwide campaign

OpIndia Staff -
Over 19,000 missing children in India are rescued from slavery, prostitution and begging under the 'Operation Smile'.
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News Reports

Marathi speaking auto-drivers – A legacy of Congress, continued by BJP

Rahul Raj -
The Maharashtra state transport department decides to provide autorickshaw permits only to Marathi-speaking people in Mumbai
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Media

Truth behind “online attack” on John Dayal, and real faces of online abusers whom media ignores

Nupur J Sharma -
Christian activist John Dayal provoked people on Twitter, and when attacked, played victim. Here is what media chose to ignore.
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Media

The Hindu comes out with half truths to claim ‘mid day meal ban’ in Kerala is a lie

Editorial Desk -
A report by The Hindu is being cited as proof that there was never a ban on mid day meals in Kerala during Ramzan. How reliable is that?
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Opinions

Muted outrage over fatwa against AR Rahman betrays double standards of some “activists” again

Rahul Roushan -
The Bollywood, the media, and the activists were not so vocal and active when it came to supporting AR Rahman for a fatwa issued against him.
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Opinions

Open letter to fellow Indians from a Jain youth over meat ban

Ankit Jain -
A young Jain writes that he doesn’t support meat ban, but those outraging have to see the politics and history behind it.
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Opinions

Package to Bihar – Reparation for decades of injustice?

Guest Author -
A Bihari shows howBihar has been neglected for decades
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Social Media

Another social media celeb troll shown reality on twitter for hypocritically calling other people trolls

CrimeMasterV2 -
Rituparna Chatterjee hypocrtically tried to encash Bollywood goodwill, but her shadow didn't forgive her this time
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Media

Media reporting old wine in new sensationalized bottle, but BJP has got to act

Editorial Desk -
A "fascist government" at work seems to be the new agenda
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Media

Maharashtra Government’s words twisted in attempt to create “Emergency” by Rumour Landmines

Gaurav -
Media decides to misreport another incident
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Opinions

Karnataka Doctors shouting for help but Indian MSM cannot hear them

Guest Author -
A Doctor from Karnataka writes about the striking doctors.
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News Reports

How long will Kalburgis, Dabholkars, Pansares of India be threatened for speaking against religion?

Rahul Raj -
The murder of MM Kalburgi raises many questions on the social structure of India
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News Reports

Did CPM “comrades” kill 3 innocent dogs to celebrate Kerala RSS leader’s death anniversary?

OpIndia Staff -
Has a facebook post revealed who the perpetrators are?
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News Reports

Top Lies spread by Indian Media in August 2015

Gaurav -
Indian MSM has erred on 25 counts in August 2015
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Opinions

Farmer Suicides: Some Cold Hard Facts

Guest Author -
A Critical look at the Farmer Suicides data
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Opinions

A Patel writes about Reservations, Hardik Patel and Police Action

Guest Author -
A criticism of the agitation and the way it is being handled
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