Topic: Nehru
Why report on Capt Rajendra Nath’s 1952 expedition to Aksai Chin is classified to this day
In ‘Red Fear’, Iqbal Chand Malhotra writes that former Army chief Gen Cariappa had sent a recon mission to Aksai Chin. Nehru govt never made findings public.
What Nehruvians get wrong — the opposite of secularism is not Hindu Rashtra
In ‘A New Idea of India’, Harsh Madhusudan and Rajeev Mantri write that the flaw in Indian secularism today is that it can’t differentiate between State and society.
Xi has thrown the gauntlet at Modi. He can pick it up like Nehru, or try something new
Modi, like his predecessors, tried to break out of India-Pak-China triangulation and failed. Whatever he decides to do next will mean new compromises.
As India and China clash, JFK’s ‘forgotten crisis’ is back
Nehru had asked Kennedy for 350 United States Air Force jets and 10,000 crewmen to join the war on India’s side and bomb China.
India-China dispute: Why Trump’s offer makes no sense, and Nehru’s lost opportunity
In episode 481 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta lists out why Trump's offer to mediate between India and China is a classic case of 'begaani shaadi mein abdullah deewana'.
Nehru wanted Jayaprakash Narayan as his political successor, not Indira Gandhi
After Nehru’s death in 1964, Lal Bahadur Shastri’s instincts that neither Indira Gandhi nor JP would put a claim to prime ministership turned out to be accurate.
Nehru told Raja Rao: Enough of Rama, Krishna — 3,000 yrs of deities got us slavery, poverty
In an essay, compiled in the book The Meaning of India, Raja Rao wrote about meeting Nehru in Germany, taking Evian bottles for his wife and talking about gods.
Liberals blaming Modi for unscientific India should recall Nehru’s pujas at Independence
Nehru never embraced rationality even when he had the right historical moment to do so. Liberals today must not pretend the problem began in 2014.
Dhool Ka Phool: Nehruvian secularism of Yash Chopra’s first movie is worth remembering today
The story of a Muslim man raising a Hindu child born out of wedlock is not only a plea for communal peace, but also questions the sexist mores of the times.
Blame British, not Nehru for India’s ‘damaging’ socialist stand on economy after Independence
The fact that the private sector of the time looked to the government to raise investment levels indicates that Nehru had less elbow room than currently claimed.
How France-Turkey’s probable but unlikely conflict has been shaped by Erdogan’s politics
In episode 604 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains the recent France-Turkey conflict and the deeper implications of this row.
Tax revenues decline 22% in April-September, at one-fourth of full year target
Tax revenues declined 22 per cent from the year-ago period to Rs 4.58 lakh crore and were at 28 per cent of the full year target of Rs 16.36 lakh crore in the April-September period.
Defence
Army develops WhatsApp-like app for personnel to dodge risk of communication leaks
The Secure Application for Internet supports secure voice, text and video-calling services for Android platforms over the internet. It is end-to-end encrypted.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.