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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TopicL.K. Advani

Topic: L.K. Advani

My friend Vajpayee: Humane, witty and a recluse

N.M. Ghatate recalls that even when they travelled together, the politician used to remain reclusive, choosing to read books over conversation.

Modi should have at least offered to resign — Vajpayee, after 2002 riots

In this excerpt from My Country My Life, L.K. Advani also espouses the mantra he learned in the company of Vajpayee — the sun will rise again.

I always unquestioningly accepted Atalji to be my senior and my leader: L.K. Advani

In this excerpt from My Country My Life, Advani recounts meeting Vajpayee in 1952, and the next 50 years of their unprecedented political partnership.

Vajpayee was an oddball of an RSS man, who ate non-vegetarian food and enjoyed his whisky

Ullekh N.P. in his book, The Untold Vajpayee: Politician and Paradox, writes how RSS backed a reluctant Advani for leader of opposition instead of Vajpayee.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Poet-politician and one of India’s most charismatic leaders

Nehru is said to have introduced a young Vajpayee to a foreign dignitary, saying, ‘This young man one day will become the country’s prime minister.’

Ex-Rajya Sabha MP Chandan Mitra quits BJP, may join Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress

Mitra, considered close to be BJP veteran L.K. Advani, is believed to have been sidelined under the Modi-Shah leadership.

Illustrating the Emergency: The darkest time-line in modern Indian history

Imposed by Indira Gandhi’s government, the Emergency lasted for 21 months, one of the darkest periods in Indian history.

To be an Indian liberal, you must first praise Akbar, Muslims and Nehru dynasty

It’s not enough to be pro-minorities to claim that you are a liberal. You need to be overtly pro-Muslim and anti-Hindu.

Last Laughs: Modi’s jet-setting ways from Karnataka to Nepal & BJP’s actual Mission-150

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

On Asaram ashram’s website, Modi, Sibal & Vajpayee have left suspiciously glowing praises

The testimonies were all published on the same day, about two years after the godman was arrested for the rape of a minor, and offer similar lofty tributes.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.