Topic: Indira Gandhi

Over 50 years ago, Jayaprakash Narayan had advocated more autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir on many occasions, but ruled out de-accession or independence.

Pranab Mukherjee is the ‘Bhishma Pitamah’ of Indian public life. The third volume of his political memoir is self-serving, hides too much and uses uncharacteristic innuendo.

On JP’s birth anniversary, reposting my trip down memory lane to 1977-78, and conspiracy theories about why his health deteriorated during the Emergency. The Prime...

It isn’t what you think. Political winds haven’t shifted yet. But the air is thick with doubts, economic stress is hurting and for the first time since his rise in 2013, the PM is fighting back.

Swedish author Bertil Falk claims Feroze Gandhi was marginalised not only by his family but also by the Congress party in the past

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

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?

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

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

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