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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicIndira Gandhi

Topic: Indira Gandhi

BJP shouldn’t be apologetic about amending Constitution. It should learn from Congress

The legislative might of Nehru and Indira Gandhi prevailed, even though the judiciary tried to save the Constitution from amendment.

Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi: The enfant terrible of Indian politics who became one of India’s finest leaders

Dasmunsi was an outstanding mass mobiliser, persuasive orator, street-smart political fighter and more, Mani Shankar Aiyar writes in a tribute to his friend.

Indira Gandhi was so much more than the autocrat who imposed Emergency

Why did she call elections in 1977, or return to power with a brute majority in 1980? On her birth centenary, Indira Gandhi deserved an honest reassessment.

Talk Point: Is Narendra Modi the new Indira Gandhi?

On her 100th birthday anniversary, we ask experts: Is Modi the new Indira?

The Pink Curse of Indiranomics

Indira’s was a ruder Socialism than her father’s. Hers was a unique socialist-populism which we call povertarianism. Iron Lady realised, but too late, that she had erred.

Talk Point: In taking risks, Modi has surpassed all other PMs, including Indira Gandhi

In taking risks, Modi has surpassed all other PMs, including Indira Gandhi, writes Sangit Ragi, professor at Delhi University.

Talk Point: Indira wrote the ‘rules’ according to which India’s Game of Thrones is played

In many ways, Narendra Modi is Indira Gandhi’s true political heir; he is supreme in the party and the government like her.

Talk Point: Policies apart, even Indira Gandhi and Narendra Modi’s leadership styles are different

Indira Gandhi firmly maintained the Non-Aligned Movement, now we seem to be leaning far more towards America.

Talk Point: Indira was a successful diplomat, Modi just a passionate world traveller

Indira Gandhi was pro-poor, while Narendra Modi bends in front of big corporate houses.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.