Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
In ‘The Jannayaka Karpoori Thakur’, Santosh Singh and Aditya Anmol looks at the contributions of the former Bihar CM, especially toward the upliftment of backward classes.
The Modi government's decision to award the Bharat Ratna to Karpoori Thakur and LK Advani just before the notification of the Lok Sabha elections is a strong political statement.
Karpoori Thakur was critical of India's diplomatic distance from Israel. He did not consider Zionism as a settler-colonial project but a legitimate Jewish national movement with unique socialist ethos.
By awarding the Bharat Ratna to Karpoori Thakur, Modi is acknowledging a fellow backward-class leader & also reinforcing his connection with marginalised sections of society.
Karpoori Thakur, often referred to as the 'Annadurai of North India', played a vital role in bringing socialist politics and consciousness to a semi-feudal and backward state like Bihar.
New Delhi: The posthumous awarding of the Bharat Ratna to two-time Bihar chief minister and Extremely Backward Castes (EBC) icon Karpoori Thakur is being...
As Rashtrapati Bhavan announces Bharat Ratna for Karpoori Thakur, Modi pays tribute to the ex-CM on his website www.narendramodi.in, says he 'took a distinctly anti-Congress line'.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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