Topic: Gandhi
Kamal Haasan – the atheist who divided India into Godse supporters and Godse shamers this week
For his comments on Godse being a Hindu terrorist, actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan has had shoes, eggs and stones thrown at him.
Gandhi valued sanitation more than Independence. Modi’s Swachh Bharat is fulfilling his dream
A UNICEF study showed that on average, ODF village households accrued cumulative benefits of Rs 50,000 per year and their property value increased by Rs 19,000.
The BJP can’t remove Congress from India’s history or from the Jallianwala Bagh trust
Removal of the Congress president from Jallianwala Bagh trust is part of a larger trend of the ruling party’s attempts to distort history and mythicise lies.
When Nehru’s India banned a story on Gandhi’s murder and Godse’s past
Nine Hours to Rama reflects our complicated relationship with censorship.
The reason why Gandhi wanted to go to Pakistan
Gandhi's proposal to visit cities such as Lahore, Rawalpindi and Karachi after Partition had a symbolic political value.
Ram Guha is wrong. Gandhi went from a racist young man to a racist middle-aged man
There is a reason why Ghanaians protested the Gandhi statue and said #GandhiMustFall.
Read this before deciding whether Savarkar was a British stooge or strategic nationalist
Rahul Gandhi’s selective quoting of Savarkar’s prison petition is intellectually disingenuous.
Why the Congress party should stop apologising about dynasty
Voters actually like dynasty, and the Congress must wear it as a badge of honour.
Dissent if it offends your conscience. Gandhi said so
Gandhi believed disobedience is duty when something is repugnant to our conscience. No matter the law.
In the lead up to Partition, Gandhi’s own prayer meetings were becoming polarised
This excerpt from ‘Gandhi: The years that changed the world 1914-1948’ by Ramachandra Guha tells the story of the Mahatma in the months leading up to Partition.
China has definitely crossed India’s Lakshman rekha but it won’t lead to 1962 again
Modi govt has brushed China's construction in Doklam under the carpet. Indians have managed to sustain the fiction of ‘victory’ at Doklam.
Does Trump help or harm India’s interests when he offers to mediate with China, Pakistan?
US President Donald Trump Wednesday offered to mediate between India and China over the "raging border dispute".
Defence
Chinese aggression in Ladakh also a message for domestic and external audience: Experts
International experts say the timing is troubling as it comes at ‘a critical phase in India's internal difficulties with the Covid-19 pandemic’.
PM, CM, DM: India’s 3 big power centres have been exposed by one disaster
The prime minister, chief minister and district magistrate are the three engines of India’s governance, but their handling of the coronavirus pandemic is going awry.