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TopicLal Bahadur Shastri

Topic: Lal Bahadur Shastri

Ex-PM Lal Bahadur Shastri’s grandson joined BJP. What’s the rest of the family been up to?

Vibhakar Shastri not lone member of illustrious family to switch political allegiance. There were others too who took same route & found success

‘Avoid parties, grand weddings’– Lal Bahadur Shastri on India’s 1964 food shortage

In his broadcast to the nation on 19 October 1964, Lal Bahadur Shastri addressed India’s dependence on food imports, calling austerity the need of the hour.

How was BSF born? Pakistan’s plotting, Lal Bahadur Shastri’s swiftness

The limitations of guarding the international border with different state police forces became quite apparent after Pakistan’s 1965 military operation in India.

Servants of People Society, organisation that made Lal Bahadur Shastri a national missionary

Shastri got the moniker ‘Little Sparrow’ at Anand Bhawan — Vijay Laxmi Pandit first called him by this name for he was quite diminutive.

Vaishnaw’s resignation won’t fix anything. Opposition playing into Modi’s game

Lal Bahadur Shastri resigned, why not Vaishnaw? Well, actually it is more complicated than the current debate makes it out to be.

‘Odisha train crash caused by human error’ & ‘moral accountability’

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

Why Lal Bahadur Shastri was more than Nehru’s shadow—green revolution to 1965 win

Except for Kuldip Nayyar, who devoted three chapters on Shastri in his books, most Indian journalists were too enamoured with Nehru to recognise his efforts.

The good, the bad and the idli

Idlis are only as good as their accompaniments. They swim unabashedly in a pool of sambar and take all the credit.

India’s shortest-serving PM Gulzarilal Nanda spurned Congress, wanted no part in ‘power game’

Nanda's anti-corruption stance remained unhinged-a trait that is hardly considered expedient in politics. He became the target of many Congress members.

Shastri-Ayub Tashkent pact ended 1965 War. And brought Russia into South Asian politics

The Tashkent pact set the stage for Indian and Pakistani militaries to start withdrawing troops. Those days, tough negotiations could still end with a game of golf.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.