This isn’t an obituary of Manoj Kumar. It's about the influence he had in defining patriotism for two generations of Indians across our most perilous decade, say from 1962 until the run-up to the Emergency.
Who is the hero of Nagina or Mr. India? Who is the centre of attraction in Chaalbaaz or Chandni? In these films, made by established production houses, A-list heroes played supporting acts.
Despite rampant criticism of the decade, superfans poured in to attend the launch of Avijit Ghosh’s book, ‘When Ardh Satya Met Himmatwala’, on 29 April in Delhi.
Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.
The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.
Good write-up, but you conveniently forgo to mention Kranti, a film Manoj made against British occupation in which Indians as one nation fought together against the British rule – may be you do not want to remember the contribution of Muslims to freedom struggle, but Manoj Kumar did glorify it in the tremendous hit Kranti.
For Mr. Shekhar Gupta, the death of Manoj Kumar is more important than addressing the WBSSC teacher’s appointment scam.
Despite the Supreme Court going hammer and tongs at the Mamata administration, The Print and it’s founder have opted to remain silent on the issue.
However, they were not silent when the Calcutta High Court had passed the judgement. They were rather aggrieved and put out an editorial piece criticising the order. Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the Calcutta High Court order and therefore validated every single action of the venerable Justice (Retd) Abhijit Ganguly, The Print does not have the courage to admit it’s mistakes.
Shekhar Gupta, instead of doing a CTC on the scam and the Supreme Court judgement, has decided to focus on Manoj Kumar.
Un-hyphenated journalism at it’s finest.
Good write-up, but you conveniently forgo to mention Kranti, a film Manoj made against British occupation in which Indians as one nation fought together against the British rule – may be you do not want to remember the contribution of Muslims to freedom struggle, but Manoj Kumar did glorify it in the tremendous hit Kranti.
For Mr. Shekhar Gupta, the death of Manoj Kumar is more important than addressing the WBSSC teacher’s appointment scam.
Despite the Supreme Court going hammer and tongs at the Mamata administration, The Print and it’s founder have opted to remain silent on the issue.
However, they were not silent when the Calcutta High Court had passed the judgement. They were rather aggrieved and put out an editorial piece criticising the order. Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the Calcutta High Court order and therefore validated every single action of the venerable Justice (Retd) Abhijit Ganguly, The Print does not have the courage to admit it’s mistakes.
Shekhar Gupta, instead of doing a CTC on the scam and the Supreme Court judgement, has decided to focus on Manoj Kumar.
Un-hyphenated journalism at it’s finest.