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TopicMahatma Gandhi

Topic: Mahatma Gandhi

Here’s how Indian films of the 1930s and 1940s used Gandhi in their ads

Urvish Kothari -
Gandhi watched one Hindi film in his lifetime & hated it. But Indian filmmakers of the time kept publicising their movies under the Mahatma’s name.

What Priyanka Gandhi Vadra could learn from Mahatma Gandhi

Shivam Vij -
Her episodic visits to Uttar Pradesh are reflective of the Congress party’s belief in incremental rather than transformative political change.

As we await Chandrayaan-2 landing, here’s how Vikram Sarabhai hailed Apollo-11 fifty yrs ago

Urvish Kothari -
It was not just the sheer scale or the grandeur of the Apollo-11 mission that fascinated Vikram Sarabhai.

Modi & Rahul remember Bapu, Kejriwal’s Rakhi wishes, Imran Khan’s rant & Pehlu Khan

Pia Krishnankutty -
The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

How liberals lost Gandhi as they lost their own intellectual moorings

Barun S. Mitra -
Some liberals lost Gandhi because he was a democrat, who refused to surrender the individual to the mob in the name of majority rule.

Modi tells BJP MPs to embark on 150km-long ‘padayatra’ to mark Gandhi’s birth anniversary

PTI -
PM Narendra Modi suggested that the padayatras be carried out between October 2 and January 30 to reach out to the public & get their feedback on the BJP govt.

Congress still doesn’t know what has hit it. Rahul will have to be the Gandhi India needs

Kumar Ketkar -
If Rahul Gandhi can give up party presidentship, he would be free to start his ‘long march’ from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. Congress needs a spring.

‘Deshbandhu’ Chittaranjan Das, freedom fighter who became a lawyer after failing ICS exam

Ratnadeep Choudhary -
ThePrint remembers the freedom fighter who presided over a Congress session and founded the Swaraj Party.

Mumbai IAS officer shunted out for Godse tweet known to be ‘a daredevil, is outspoken’

Manasi Phadke -
The IAS officer, moved out of BMC, has been highlighting her old tweets idolising Gandhi to drive home the point that the Godse tweet was in sarcasm.

Mumbai IAS officer demands & deletes call to remove Mahatma Gandhi’s statues the world over

PTI -
After a row erupted, the BMC Deputy Municipal Commissioner Nidhi Choudhari clarified that the tweet was 'sarcastic' and that it was 'misinterpreted'.
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Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

Shubhangi Misra -
It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Have Hindus passed the test by letting Droupadi Murmu enter Ram temple? Not yet

Manusmriti in a London church? 18th-century Britain’s Indomania loved everything Hindu

Economy

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Yuthika Bhargava -
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Defence

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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