Nitin Gadkari, Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi, Lieutenant General VG Khandare came together to launch Uday Mahurkar's new book at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
For much of his political life, the Gandhi scion has battled the perception of being a reluctant or a 'non-serious politician'. However, the last few months have signalled a shift.
The event, held to mark Jawaharlal Nehru’s death anniversary, had secularism at the heart of the discussion, and brought together historians, professors, and scholars.
‘The India I Saw’ is freedom fighter S Ambujammal’s autobiography. In it she looks back at her childhood in Madras and how she began associating with the freedom struggle.
Apart from his old ties, Sharma's Brahmin identity is also coming in handy in a campaign which is dominated by BJP’s Hindutva pitch. Amethi goes to polls 20 May.
Wrongs cannot be righted by more wrongs. The solution to missing history is to bring it back to textbooks, and not want only scrape away what already exists.
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
The hands of the extreme right wing are stained in blood because they were the root cause of partitition. The Muslims and the Hindus from these wings could not rise above religious differences and insecurities. This resulted in a huge number of people migrating between newly formed countries and people massacarring people from the other faith. These heinous acts were not carried out by the Congress but by frenzied mobs driven by religious hatred, instigated by extreme right wing organizations.
It is these organization that must be brought to account.
This article seems like an anti-hagiography and poor scholarship without nuance or an understanding of the time, place or people and riven by only one ideaology.
By all means, every leader is open to criticism. They are humans driven by their own evolving personalities and thoughts. This criticism therefore must be nuanced to be of value. And Gandhi can be criticized and praised for many of his initiatives and actions. However this has to be truthful.
Publishing this article on the birthday of the one who fought all his life to build bridges between communities is in bad taste.
M K Gandhi and J Nehru ruined India with socialism lock, stock, and barrel. Their hands are stained not only with blood of those killed because of partition, but also due to deaths on account of socialism.
The hands of the extreme right wing are stained in blood because they were the root cause of partitition. The Muslims and the Hindus from these wings could not rise above religious differences and insecurities. This resulted in a huge number of people migrating between newly formed countries and people massacarring people from the other faith. These heinous acts were not carried out by the Congress but by frenzied mobs driven by religious hatred, instigated by extreme right wing organizations.
It is these organization that must be brought to account.
This article seems like an anti-hagiography and poor scholarship without nuance or an understanding of the time, place or people and riven by only one ideaology.
By all means, every leader is open to criticism. They are humans driven by their own evolving personalities and thoughts. This criticism therefore must be nuanced to be of value. And Gandhi can be criticized and praised for many of his initiatives and actions. However this has to be truthful.
Publishing this article on the birthday of the one who fought all his life to build bridges between communities is in bad taste.
M K Gandhi and J Nehru ruined India with socialism lock, stock, and barrel. Their hands are stained not only with blood of those killed because of partition, but also due to deaths on account of socialism.