Topic: Jawaharlal Nehru
When Dalai Lama was talking about asylum in India, Nehru almost fell asleep
In The Dalai Lama: An Extraordinary Life, Alexander Norman writes about the time the Dalai Lama came to India to discuss asylum, but Nehru had already made up his mind.
When Delhi rioted, Sardar Patel busted fake news and wanted a Hindu newspaper banned
During the post-Partition communal riots in Delhi, it became Sardar Patel's job to quell rumours and take the Delhi Police to task.
CDS & military integration not a silver bullet for institutional issues in national security
If anything, India's political leaders will now be more susceptible to military advice without any corresponding increase in their ability to interrogate them.
Does the Jawaharlal Nehru-Sardar Patel ‘rivalry’ matter to India in 2020?
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was attacked on Twitter after claiming that Jawaharlal Nehru did not want Vallabhbhai Patel in his cabinet in 1947.
Jaishankar, Ram Guha in Twitter spat over claim that Nehru had excluded Patel from cabinet
Foreign Minister Jaishankar tweeted quoting a biography that Nehru did not want Patel in the Cabinet in 1947 and omitted him from the initial Cabinet list.
Nehru never excluded Patel from cabinet list. Louis Mountbatten and V.P. Menon got it wrong
Only after Nehru received Patel’s assent did he send the cabinet member list to Mountbatten on 4 August. Patel not only headed the list, but was to be the deputy PM.
Why Modi is using Nehru to try and demolish the Gandhi dynasty and Congress
For Modi, Nehru is a recurrent target to attack. Not just because he believes Nehru cast India in his ‘flawed’ image but also to chip away at Gandhi dynasty, Congress.
Liaquat pact, letter to Bordoloi, CAA — the 24 times PM Modi mentioned Nehru in Parliament
PM Modi invoked Jawaharlal Nehru 23 times in Lok Sabha and once in Rajya Sabha as he justified the Citizenship Amendment Act in Parliament Thursday.
Mountbatten planned to partition India into many countries. Then VP Menon stepped in
India’s future had been decided in a matter of 3 hours, between 7 am and 10.30 am, by Nehru and Mountbatten. And it was VP Menon who drew up a draft.
Don’t hang Godse, said Gandhi’s sons. This is how Nehru, Patel and Rajaji replied
Many prominent Gandhians requested clemency for the Mahatma’s assassins. They pointed out that Gandhi wanted to abolish death penalty.
Marking Covid-19 patients should not leave a social mark in India
The act of marking carries historical baggage. If India wants to mark those infected with coronavirus, it must think of sensible ways that don’t outlive the crisis.
Ramayan on DD: Best way to keep India’s elderly indoors or show the young TV beyond Netflix?
Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan, which was a rage in the late 1980s, has made a comeback at a time when the 21-day lockdown has forced people indoors.
Defence
Soldiers failing to disclose Covid-19 information will invite action under Army Act
Army advisory says not disclosing Covid-19 symptoms, travel details or contact with suspected patient will be treated as 'willful concealment' & breach of discipline.
Modi’s India isn’t Mao’s China. Silly forecasts assume we’ll let corona kill millions of us
There are many scary scenarios about how badly we Indians may be affected or how many killed by Covid-19. But they presume we will do nothing to influence our fates.