Research and Reference

Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020(Full Text)

The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 was passed in Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament. The Bill proposed to streamline the use of foreign funding in the NGO sector

All That You Want To Know About India’s Official Secrets Act

All that you want to know about the Official Secrets Act(OSA) is here. This law has been in news with arrest of an Indian journalist, a Chinese woman and her Nepalese accomplice

Hinduism And The Ethics of Warfare In South Asia:Debunking Western Myths

Kaushik Roy challenges the view, common among Western scholars, that precolonial India lacked a tradition of military philosophy in his book. He traces the evolution of theories of warfare in India from the dawn of civilization

Why And How Islamist Terrorism Is On The Rise in Europe

Peter Nesser explains why and how Islamist terrorism in Europe is on the rise, as evidenced by the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris, the grisly beheading of a UK serviceman in 2013 and the shooting spree in Toulouse and Montauban.

Lin Zhao: The Dissident Who Wrote Blood Letters in China

Lian Xi tells the staggering story of a dissident who wrote letters against Mao's regime in her own blood before being executed. Blood Letters tells the astonishing tale of Lin Zhao.

God’s Bankers: A History Of Money and Power At The Vatican

God’s Bankers is a rare exposé by Gerald Posner and an astounding saga marked by poisoned business titans, murdered prosecutors, mysterious deaths of private investigators, and questionable suicides.

Batla House Encounter: An Insider’s Minute-By-Minute Account

Karnal Singh, the police officer who spearheaded the operations in Batla House in September 2008, narrates a minute-by-minute account of the chain of events

“Khalistan: A Project Of Pakistan” (A Report By Macdonald-Laurier Institute)

In “Khalistan: A Project of Pakistan” from Macdonald-Laurier Institute, veteran journalist Terry Milewski reveals the concept of Khalistan as a project of Pakistan

Muivah Is Part Of The Problem, Not Solution

Th. Muivah, who has been considered to be a key figure in resolving the Nagaland issue for almost five decades , is ironically the part of problem himself explains Zasivituo Angami in this detailed analysis

Bengaluru Riots: CFD’s Fact Finding Committee Report(Full Text)

The city of Bengaluru witnessed riots in August 2020. A Fact Finding Committee consisting of prominent citizens under 'Citizens for Democracy'

‘Now It Can Be Told’:First Hand Account Of Brutalities During Partition

A rare first hand account of brutalities, deceit, bravery and valour on ground zero during Bharat’s partition in 1947 is recounted through a rare book ‘Now it Can Be Told’ by Rajiv Tuli   Along with independence on 15 August, …

Palghar Killings: Report Of A Fact Finding Team

Fact Finding Team’s Report on Palghar killings- Two Hindu ascetics named Shri Chikane Maharaj Kalpavrikshgiri (70) and Shri Sushil Giri Maharaj (35) who belonged to the revered, Varanasi-based Shri Panch Dashnam Juna Akhara, and were travelling (along with their driver …