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TopicIndira Gandhi

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Feroze Gandhi called Indira a ‘fascist’—and called out Congress for ‘bullying’ people

Feroze Gandhi was a journalist in Parliament—and he made MPs answer to the people.

Indira Gandhi, Zail Singh and a fire in Mohali—the story of India’s chip dream that almost was

In 1976, against all economic logic, a fragile, cash-strapped India entered the silicon race. The battle was over one question: Madras or Mohali?

Indira Gandhi knew newspapers can’t be independent without money, wrote Cushrow R Irani

Indira Gandhi had tried unsuccessfully to browbeat ‘The Statesman’ and the ‘Indian Express’ into submission, Cushrow R Irani wrote in 1979.

Rijiju draws parallel between Indira’s Emergency defence and protest crackdown, Congress hits back

Kiren Rijiju cited Indira Gandhi's justification for the Emergency to defend the Modi government's response to student protests, with Congress accusing the BJP of drawing false parallels.

BJP’s good times are perhaps ending. But Modi is no Indira Gandhi

Narendra Modi's popularity has carried the BJP through three general elections. But when one leader claims every success, he also risks being blamed for every failure.

In RS, Jairam Ramesh submits ex-RSS chief’s letters to ‘authenticate’ Sangh’s ‘support’ for Emergency

Day after BJP MPs challenged him to validate his claim that RSS supported Emergency, Ramesh submits 3 letters wriiten by Balasaheb Deoras—2 to Indira Gandhi & 1 to Acharya Vinoba Bhave.

India cannot leave family planning to individual motivation: Indira Gandhi

In November 1968, Indira Gandhi delivered a speech at a conference on family planning in Chandigarh, calling on citizens to regulate the size of their families for greater prosperity and economic betterment.

We want to make people so powerful that no govt dares to suppress them: Morarji Desai

In 1978, Morarji Desai addressed an election rally ahead of Assembly elections in Assam, condemning the Emergency while promising a fearless environment if the Janata Party is voted to power.

Roti Kapada Aur Makaan captured India’s crises in the 1970s

The 1970s was the first time when the rose-tinted glasses came off; the socialist fantasy clashed with the harsh reality of a growing population and rising corruption in the public distribution system.

At heart of RSS-linked tribal body’s pushback on ST benefits for converts, an Indira-era Congress minister

Three-time Congress MP Kartik Oraon invoked in delisting demand to President, PM by RSS-backed Janjatiya Suraksha Manch. Daughter Geetashree says name being ‘misused, misappropriated’.

On Camera

Op Vivaldi shows corps headquarters must evolve. The question for India is one level above IBG

As the Indian Army develops Integrated Battle Groups, does the corps headquarters require a corresponding transformation to command and orchestrate several such formations?

India’s Essar group to build largest steel plant in America, Trump says his tariffs made it possible

President Trump made the announcement in the White House along with Rewant Ruia, the chairman of Essar-backed Mesabi Metallics. 

Think tank C-DEP proposes new framework to reduce foreign dependence in defence tech

The framework, called Bharat Sovereign Cloud Assurance Levels Evaluation (B-SCALE), was proposed as a pathway to full sovereignty in data storage, communications and critical infra.

Since Indira, govts drift in the 3rd year. Modi must restore EC image to get out of it

Gyanesh Kumar has now become the second most unforgettable among our 26 CECs. He obviously didn’t seek this ‘fame’. But he can’t shake it off.