India vs Bharat: BJP’s sudden U-turn & why the ‘British named us India’ theory is a distortion of history
What’s in a name? Apparently, a lot, if social media trends and raging political discourses are anything to go by. The India vs. Bharat debate has caught the fancy of...
Karnataka BJP’s double whammy: Tamil heroes on Modi welcome gate, false claim on Tipu death
As Karnataka is set to go to the polls in two months’ time, all parties have sped up their campaigns, putting out lists of candidates, holding rallies, and manifestos and...
On August 7, Neeraj Chopra’s javelin throw of 87.58m bagged him a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. At the age of 23, Chopra is the youngest-ever Indian gold medalist…
Two infographics (one in English and the other in Hindi) are viral on social media with photographs of women claimed to be Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the first health minister of…
A picture of a public funeral where a huge crowd has gathered resurfaces on social media every few years. It circulates with the claim that the image depicts the last…
A photograph has been shared on social media with the claim that the man is 1857 freedom fighter Banke Chamar. Twitter user Vinod Sharma wrote, “He is Banke Chamar. The…
Karnataka Congress leader Jairam Ramesh tweeted a photograph of prime minister Narendra Modi and wrote, “The Sardar would have been shocked at such a salute. It is an insult to…
Social media has been brimming with claims that the Muslim regiment of the Indian Army had refused to fight in India’s 1965 war with Pakistan. Several users have been using…
For the past few years, history enthusiasts and admirers as well as critics of Tipu Sultan, the last Sultan of the kingdom of Mysore, have circulated a picture on social…
A statement which is attributed to India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has circulated online for the past few years. According to this quote, Nehru had said, “I am English…
Titled “रॉबर्ट क्लाइव द्वारा लिखी गई बात” (Words written by Robert Clive) is a post shared by the Facebook page Doval Fan Club on June 4, that claims that these…
The person in the following clip is the 1st Muslim Minister of British Cabinet. He is blunt in saying that Nehru destroyed Hinduism in India systematically. Pls spare 2 minutes…