On 3 November 1977, socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan delivered an address to RSS swayamsevaks in Patna, challenging the Sangh to transcend Hindu communalism and embrace a national vision.
As doubts grow about India’s election system being weaponised to facilitate stealing of people’s mandate, it won't be long before ‘civil disobedience’ call reverberates across the country.
An MHA document from 1975 lists the incidents in the run-up to Emergency—from Morarji Desai's demand for dissolution of Gujarat Assembly to student agitation in Bihar and the railway strike.
A look at the events prior to the declaration of the Emergency reveals that it was the anti-Indira agitators, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, who brazenly acted against the Constitution.
In ‘Emergency and Neo-Emergency, MG Devasahayam compares the period of Emergency to now. His interactions with Jayaprakash Narayan heavily inform the book.
On 8 June 1969, Jayaprakash Narayan addressed the National Conference on Voluntary Agencies at the Gandhi Peace Foundation in New Delhi where he said he sympathised with Naxalites because they are 'doing something for the poor'.
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
Print should stop inviting such biaused individual RSS hater . How janta experiment failed all know it failed because of power hunger of the so called socialist and one man eagar for PM post . JS pesons in janta govt were not at all intrested in all these things . despite having largest chuck of MPs in Janta party they agreed for unimportant minstries which all chunk of good ministries went to old rottan congress persons
Blaming someone else for ones failure is the easiest thing to do. It takes years to build a grass roots movement. It requires patience and a dedicated cadre. JP, for all his greatness did not create either. Much like AAP today. History has shown that revolutions fail to achieve their objectives.
Print should stop inviting such biaused individual RSS hater . How janta experiment failed all know it failed because of power hunger of the so called socialist and one man eagar for PM post . JS pesons in janta govt were not at all intrested in all these things . despite having largest chuck of MPs in Janta party they agreed for unimportant minstries which all chunk of good ministries went to old rottan congress persons
Blaming someone else for ones failure is the easiest thing to do. It takes years to build a grass roots movement. It requires patience and a dedicated cadre. JP, for all his greatness did not create either. Much like AAP today. History has shown that revolutions fail to achieve their objectives.