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.
On 19 June 2004, G Parthasarathy, India's former Ambassador to several countries, spoke at the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Lecture, examining India’s foreign policy challenges in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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.