With the Kerala assembly elections round the corner, Aiyar lit the spark Sunday by heaping praise on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the Left Front.
India’s democratic drift was analysed threadbare at the launch of The Dismantling of India’s Democracy: 1947-2025 by senior journalist Prem Shankar Jha.
Perhaps no one else in India equals the missionary courage and zeal with which Aiyar, in this book in particular and in general discourse, urges improved relations between Pakistan and India.
‘A Maverick in Politics: 1991-2004’, is the second of Mani Shankar Aiyar’s memoirs. He draws a colourful portrait of his life in politics and those around him including Jayalalithaa, Sonia Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and more.
Veteran Congressman Aiyar, who the party suspended in 2017 over comments on Modi, claims in new autobiography that his political life came undone due to the Gandhi family's decisions.
Congress has distanced itself from his remarks with senior leader Jairam Ramesh saying his colleague had apologised 'unreservedly' for using the term 'mistakenly'.
Congress veteran Mani Shankar Aiyar’s remark from an April interview that India should ‘respect’ Pakistan because it has an atom bomb drew fire Friday, leaving the party ducking for cover.
The launch of former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar's book 'Democracy in Retreat' was attended by Supreme Court judge AK Sikri, former diplomat Pavan Varma, and journalist Neerja Chowdhury.
President of Jangpura Extension RWA says awaiting Congressman Mani Shankar Aiyar & daughter Suranya's response to letter sent to them regarding her ‘rant’ on Ram Mandir consecration.
When it came to economic reforms, Rao was half a lion, but when it came to Babri Masjid, he was half a man, said Aiyar at the launch of his book The Rajiv I Knew.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
Modi should thank Mani “Chaiwala” Aiyar for his service in making him the PM. India owes a lot to this Mani guy.
Does anyone remember Neera Radia tapes? Certain political pimps masquerading as journalists?