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Nehru Archive won’t ask Sonia Gandhi for unpublished work

New Delhi: A century after Nehru first entered public life, every page of the Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru—from handwritten letters to Hindi speeches...

Not just Nehru, even Hindutva stems from Macaulay legacy

The Indian Right and Liberals all accepted the British conception of Hindu, Muslim and British India and the country's eventual decline. What they disagreed on was its cause.

Nehru’s non-alignment wasn’t passive neutrality. It was biggest peace movement after WW2

Shyam Saran said that Nehru’s non-alignment was not just for India, but for the entire world. He cited the example of Austria in the 1950s.

How Modi’s call for self-reliance is different from Nehru’s

In his speech, Modi spoke about energy, critical minerals, electronics, defence and fertilisers. That is a more strategic approach than Nehru’s across-the-board one.

Nehru and Jinnah made Indian politics their personal quarrel. Partition was a consequence

Ambedkar regarded both Gandhi and Jinnah as suffering from ‘colossal egotism’, who made Indian politics a matter of their ‘personal quarrel’ and brought it to a standstill.

In flare-up over Parliament security, RS dy chairman quotes Nehru, Kharge hits back with Sushma, Jaitley

New Delhi: From Jawaharlal Nehru and Vithalbhai Patel, to Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley— the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday echoed with quotes from several...

From Brutus to hero—How former Sikkim CM Dorjee’s image changed in state’s history

Biraj Adhikari blames the MEA for treating the Chogyal’s 1956 visit as a ‘state visit’ and playing the Sikkim anthem. His book captures his generation’s dilemmas — are Sikkimese truly Indian, especially under Article 371F?

How Nehru combated anti-India sentiment in West Asia—distanced himself from Israel

In ‘The Nehru Years’, Swapna Kona Nayudu looks at the history of non-alignment through the Korean War, the Suez Crisis, the Hungarian revolution and the Congo Crisis.

J&K in Vedas to Article 360 abrogation, new ICHR book covers ‘lesser-known side’ of Kashmir’s history

Published by National Book Trust, ‘Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh: Through the Ages’ documents region's history in scientific manner, says Indian Council of Historical Research chairperson.

JNU wasn’t part of Nehru’s vision. It was supposed to be called Raisina University

In ‘This Too Is India’, author Githa Hariharan speaks to historians, playwrights, translators and more about issues that plague India.

On Camera

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

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.