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Topic: 2002

When Vajpayee spoke to CII to allay fears—Let not Gujarat violence cloud the good in economy

On 27 April 2002, then-PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivered a speech at the annual session of the Confederation of Indian Industry, assuring the completion of Golden Quadrilateral and telling businessmen how deep and strong the roots of Indian secularism are.

The Modi magnifier

This is the first Indian election where a politician is winning by not promising governance, but simply seeking a vote against Musharraf, the Muslims and the Italian church.

Why many Muslims in Gujarat publicly supported Modi’s BJP after 2002

One of the characteristics author Raheel Dhattiwala found common among many Muslim testimonies in Gujarat was self-blame.

Operation Parakram: The war that wasn’t but could have reined in Pakistan

‘Coercive diplomacy’ was a mere fig leaf to cover the strategic fiasco in 2002.

Rahul Gandhi will benefit from personal jibes just like Narendra Modi once did

The Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duopoly have made the same mistake as Congress

Why is everyone so worked up over the phrase ‘Sarkari Mussalman’?

Forget ‘Sarkari Mussalman’, there is no place for even a ‘good Muslim’ in India's current political climate.

If Rahul Gandhi can be cornered for 1984, why not Narendra Modi for 2002?

India’s well-meaning media wants Rahul Gandhi to improve, but don’t want Narendra Modi to even learn.

Talk Point: 21 per cent first-time voters in Gujarat are ‘extremely dissatisfied’ with state govt

Communal tension is not an issue even for 1% of the first-time voters of Gujarat in 2017 as unemployment and inflation remain top worries.

Talk Point: Rural Gujarat in 2002 was backward, bleak, and lacking in reliable electricity and water

The Gujarat model cannot be a model for the whole of India, but it can work at the state government level.

On Camera

Anand Gandhi is taking his biggest moonshot from Goa— vaanars, rakshasis, manushyas

Ship of Theseus director Anand Gandhi moved to Goa to synthesise big ideas and build an Indian sci-fi mythiverse with MAYA. ‘In a way, the job title in the East for this enterprise is the Buddha.’

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.