It’s interesting to note that during the colonial period, some Britishers were aware of the prejudices against Hindus, which is why the term Hinduphobia was coined here in the UK back in the 1860s and was even in use in the UK media further in the 1880s. But somehow ‘miraculously’, the term vanished like climbing [...]
“If the secularists didn’t control the bottleneck of information on India, the West would be far less anti-Narendra Modi. Without a constant stream of anti-Modi propaganda, … you will see the West turn business-like towards Narendra Modi soon enough. Like the East India Company of the early years, the West only sees India in business [...]
June 20, 2014
Dr Koenraad Elst
Analysis/Insights, World Focus
In the ongoing campaign to throw at Narendra Modi(NaMo) whatever dirt one can find, Ramachandra Guha (“Degradation of Discourse”, Times of India, 6 Jan. 2014) accuses him of yet another flaw: the use of foul language against political opponents. His article is illustrated with a photograph of Modi chatting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Now, [...]
January 21, 2014
Dr Koenraad Elst
Analysis/Insights