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Sunday, April 28, 2024
TopicIndira Gandhi

Topic: Indira Gandhi

Death for Disagreement

While Gauri Lankesh's killers are brought to justice, her courage and sacrifice should also shock our violent and abusive discourse back to civility.

At the two-thirds mark

The Modi government gains in political strength and popular support even as the economy swings downward. Can the two continue to move in opposite directions?

On Rajiv Gandhi birth anniversary: How to squander a mega mandate

When Rajiv Gandhi started he could do no wrong. Halfway through his five years, he could do no right. His tenure had many chastening lessons in how mega mandates can make you smug and self-destruct. His record should be essential reading for those with brute majorities now, from Arvind Kejriwal, Narendra Modi and on to Vasundhara Raje, Naveen Patnaik and Mamata Banerjee. Shekhar Gupta

Remembering Indira and the Reminders from her era

The release of a book on the late prime minister gives an opportunity to examine her legacy and the relevance of its lessons today. AADYA SINHA

Burdened with Indiranomics

The Modi government shows a fascination for rejecting everything Nehru stood for, while embracing his daughter's political economy. 

Mammaries of the socialist raj

The people caught most unprepared by the PM's strike on currency are the bureaucrats. The problem: They've been there, done that.

Dial 2016 for Emergency

India is complacent if not complicit as in 1975-77. Dangers are bigger now as we have a clear external enemy, strong economy and feckless opposition.

Back to future on a postage stamp

Why RSS/BJP's war against Nehru & heirs is as cussed as it is revealing about their lack of alternative heroes.

If Lallu is brighter than Mohan…?

The question that found solution to India's most difficult political problem: too much stability

The first sign a government is losing its nerve

In my book, one of the first tell-tale symptoms of a government losing its nerve is when it starts attacking news media.

On Camera

Instagram reels on stoicism are the new rage — they can battle burnout and bigotry

The Romans’ version of stoicism is rapidly picking popularity on Instagram — Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca are some names that get thrown at you when you fire up your screen.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.