TopicGandhi

Topic: Gandhi

Lakhimpur Kheri is tipping point for Modi govt. Like Gandhi’s Chauri Chaura was for British

Shruti Kapila - 11 October, 2021

Until now, Modi’s capture of power and ability to either ignore or dismiss his critics held total sway. Lakhimpur Kheri has changed that.

When Gandhi said Ahimsa cannot be taught to a man who is incapable of killing

Jyotirmaya Sharma - 2 October, 2021

In ‘Elusive Non-Violence’, Jyotirmaya Sharma points out that for Gandhi, a complete development of physical strength was an absolute condition for appreciating non-violence.

The woman behind the fake Mahatmas who made AO Hume set up Indian National Congress

Vinita Dhondiyal Bhatnagar - 2 October, 2021

The Mahatma letters are a series of letters that appeared and disappeared, fell from ceilings and sat in shrines. Behind them was an enigmatic protagonist.

Gandhi said he would wear loin cloth only for a month. 100 yrs on, it’s a permanent symbol

Urvish Kothari - 22 September, 2021

During the non-cooperation movement, Gandhi had a dilemma. He wanted foreign cloth gone, but the poor didn't have enough money to quickly buy all khadi.

Gandhi’s encounter with a young Romila Thapar in Pune that inspired her activism

Saket Suman - 15 August, 2021

In 'The Psychology of a Patriot', journalist Saket Suman delivers an account of modern India, tracing the evolution and contestation of patriotism.

Pew India survey takes us back to one more thing Gandhi, Savarkar differed on

Shruti Kapila - 5 July, 2021

Debates on religion, its legal boundaries and social policing, in short, are debates on women in India. Calling this ‘patriarchy’ does not explain it away.

Carrying on accepting Modi now means accepting cruelty

Shruti Kapila - 17 May, 2021

Suggesting that the pandemic is the work of an ‘unseen enemy’ that the government is hapless against is but an admission that the State has failed.

Delhi HC seeks reply from Sonia, Rahul Gandhi & others in National Herald case

PTI - 22 February, 2021

The court issued a notice in the matter on a plea by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy and stayed the trial court proceedings till 12 April.

Gwalior to Godse — Was Sardar Patel soft on Savarkar in Gandhi murder case, and if so, why

Ravi Visvesvaraya Sharada Prasad - 30 January, 2021

My mother was part of the prosecution team in the Gandhi murder trial. She pointed out several loopholes that were allowed to remain so.

Not really Nehru, it was Gandhi and Congress ‘Right’ who made Bose resign as party president

Rudrangshu Mukherjee - 30 January, 2021

In ‘Nehru & Bose’, Rudrangshu Mukherjee writes about how Subhas Chandra Bose had no choice but to resign from Congress in his second term as president.

1 234...8 Page 3 of 8