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Topic: MK Gandhi

Mamdani to Muzaffarnagar, Rajmohan Gandhi links ‘Dastan-e-Nehru’ to the present

Historian Rajmohan Gandhi broke down in tears at a lecture as he recounted India’s drift from the principles of Nehru, MK Gandhi, Patel — ‘Nobody had the guts to say this is terrible

Meghnad Desai’s last book brings Gandhi and Jinnah in one frame. ‘It’s the story of India’

‘This book is not just Mohan and Muhammad. It's Mohan, Muhammad, and Meghnad,’ said Kapish Mehra, managing director, Rupa Publications at the launch event on Wednesday.

Political MK Gandhi failed, caused harm. Gave Congress its tradition of backseat driving

Gandhi’s life shows how politics should not be done. Then where did this Gandhi-worship arise in India? It is a petty political ritual.

Why Gandhi’s statues have become a global target, London to South Africa to Melbourne

The vandalism of MK Gandhi’s statue in London’s Tavistock Square is the latest in a string of similar incidents worldwide over the last two decades. So why is Gandhi drawing such ire?

Becoming Hindu is not the same as being Hindu. It’s not fashionable

In 'Hindutva and Hind Swaraj', Makarand Paranjape argues that the ideological clash between MK Gandhi and VD Savarkar continues to influence national life.

Kasturba and Gandhi’s marriage put to a feminist audit on Delhi stage

Directed by Shilpi Marwaha, 'Kasturba versus Gandhi' was performed at a packed theatre at Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre.

Sardar Patel had many critics. Jayaprakash Narayan even blamed him for Gandhi assassination

Sardar Patel had many critics, but many of those detractors eventually came to appreciate his qualities, shedding their previous reservations.

Sardar Patel endured 2,300 days in jail with wit and will. ‘I can live on air for 3 months’

‘The one thing that makes me sad is that all the officers here are Indians… Had they been British, I would have taught them a lesson.’

What Gandhi wanted from students—avoid politics, strikes

This first critical edition, with a comprehensive contextual introduction by Dhananjay Rai, sets the backdrop for readers to understand Gandhi’s thoughts on making an ideal society.

Tribhuvandas K. Gajjar, the Gujarati chemist who cleaned Queen Victoria’s marble statue

Gandhi wrote in Navjivan that only Dr. P.C. Roy and Dr. J.C. Bose could be compared to Gajjar in terms of contributions. However, Gujarat did not remember him fondly.

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.