Some wish to rehabilitate Godse, recalibrating his image from murderer to patriot. But in The Father and the Assassin, playwright Anupama Chandrasekhar doesn’t want to redeem him.
It's easy to make fun of Gandhi & celebrate macho militarism. But we risk forgetting that the path he put us on has been successfully followed by many others all over the world.
Gandhi referred to himself as a staunch Sanatani Hindu. Buddha also occasionally referred to the religion he taught as Arya Dharma, Saddharma, and Sanatan Dharma.
Shardaben was among the first Gujarati women to complete graduation. She travelled across India and met stalwarts such as Tagore, Motilal Nehru, and Lala Lajpat Rai.
Patel was critical of the idea of a Hindu Rashtra and summarily dismissed it. He believed that when the country had begun her journey in a fresh direction, everyone should be given a new chance.
In 'Noncooperation in India', David Hardiman talks about how the Marwaris became the principle distributers of Manchester piece-goods in eastern India.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
India exited the Indo-Russian FGFA programme in 2018. But now it might procure at least 2 squadrons of Su-57 aircraft from Russia and evaluate Russian proposal to manufacture them in India.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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