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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicEmergency

Topic: Emergency

Why a Sikh cop saving a Muslim man from a Hindu mob shouldn’t make us this happy

Police officer Gagandeep Singh is a man from a minority saving another from a majority mob. We’ve allowed the binaries to blunt our perceptions to an extent where we need images like these to jolt us.

Modi detests Nehru, but loves Indira’s lousy economics. Fact: she was rectifying her blunders

Indira’s change of heart got trapped between two tragic air crashes, one killing her most Left minister, and other, her economically Right son.

Maharashtra govt plans scheme to reward those who went to prison during Emergency

A cabinet sub-committee has been formed to study similar schemes in other BJP-ruled states and finalise modalities and eligibility criteria.

Behind the Maldives meltdown: Unemployment, radical Islam, corruption and stifling of dissent

Even though the observers saw it coming, it was allowed to slide because Maldives is too small, too insignificant in the general scheme of things.

Maldives descends into chaos: India weighs options, troops on standby

India closely monitoring situation, especially the safety of its citizens. Contingency plans in place for intervention; deployment possible at short notice.

Indira Gandhi was so much more than the autocrat who imposed Emergency

Why did she call elections in 1977, or return to power with a brute majority in 1980? On her birth centenary, Indira Gandhi deserved an honest reassessment.

How probing too keenly into damage to Jayaprakash Narayan’s kidneys nearly lost me my job

On JP’s birth anniversary, reposting my trip down memory lane to 1977-78, and conspiracy theories about why his health deteriorated during the Emergency. The Prime...

Remembering Indira and the Reminders from her era

The release of a book on the late prime minister gives an opportunity to examine her legacy and the relevance of its lessons today. AADYA SINHA

Dial 2016 for Emergency

India is complacent if not complicit as in 1975-77. Dangers are bigger now as we have a clear external enemy, strong economy and feckless opposition.

The first sign a government is losing its nerve

In my book, one of the first tell-tale symptoms of a government losing its nerve is when it starts attacking news media.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.