The country and politicians honoured Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary, with tributes being made at Raj Ghat and the historic Central Hall in Parliament.
The Gandhi Sandesh Yatra began from Delhi Congress office to Rajghat, about 3 kms away, with party workers waving flags and chanting 'Mahatma Gandhi Amar Rahein'.
Modi government needs to extend the scope of the Swachh Bharat campaign and improve sanitation keeping in mind that many sanitation workers are Dalits.
Gandhi was no doubt a pacifist, but not at the cost of suffering injustice. His sensibilities, his techniques, his message were informed by a distinctly modern outlook.
Lt Gen Hardev Singh Lidder’s book on Operation Sarp Vinash shows why the Indian Army’s 2003 campaign to clear terrorist strongholds in Rajouri-Poonch still matters today.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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