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Monday, September 15, 2025
TopicIndira Gandhi

Topic: Indira Gandhi

Modi-Shah’s BJP thinks it doesn’t need mass leaders in states. So did Indira Gandhi’s Congress

Yediyurappa, Vasundhara Raje, Shivraj Chouhan and Raman Singh are the only mass leaders of BJP in states. But they are being replaced now.

Nirmala Sitharaman’s loan melas are a throwback to Indira Gandhi’s 1980s scheme

The Indira Gandhi regime’s loan ‘melas’ of the 1980s left banks with huge debts and created a culture of non-repayment of loans.

BBC to New York Times – Why Indian governments have always been wary of foreign press

Be it India or China or Russia – you can be sure that when a country accuses the foreign media of biased coverage, it has something it wants to hide.

Ashok Parthasarathi, the man who made India tech-reliant, but whose death went unnoticed

Parthasarathi was former PM Indira Gandhi’s science & technology adviser, who helped establish companies to make microchips and satellite-based communication systems.

Modi says new era has begun in Kashmir. Just like Indira Gandhi did almost 50 years ago

In Kashmir, Indira Gandhi’s biggest challenge was local leaders who would cleave to New Delhi’s vision. Modi will face the same thing.

A fighter with a stern smile, Sushma Swaraj could easily have been the Indira Gandhi of BJP

Sushma Swaraj opposed the Congress party and its ways, but had excellent working relationship with some of its top leaders.

Jaipal Reddy — Congressman who quoted Dante, Kant & called politicians ‘wild animals’

Jaipal Reddy, who had a stint with the Janata Dal, was opposed to the Emergency though he held grudging admiration for Indira Gandhi's politics.

When a Singaporean critic of Marxist socialism took Indira Gandhi to court

The day after Indira Gandhi nationalised banks, R.C. Cooper air dashed to New Delhi to challenge the ordinance.

Charan Singh — the only Indian PM who did not face Parliament even once

Only if Charan Singh had made a courtesy call on Indira Gandhi at the right time his government could have continued for six months.

Why Minoo Masani & Atal Bihari Vajpayee opposed Indira Gandhi’s bank nationalisation

Fifty years after former PM Indira Gandhi undertook the nationalisation of banks, ThePrint takes a look at what opposition members said against it.

On Camera

Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.