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Topic: Nehru

Aligarh Muslim University was centre of Muslim politics. Then it became Muslim Politics itself

AMU’s Islam is more about politics than piety. Its 'minority' status has roots in a 'Muslim Vatican'.

BJP’s ‘Ab Ki Baar 400 Paar’ push isn’t a new idea. It’s a political pledge from 73 years ago

‘Ab Ki Baar 400 Paar’ may have its genesis in a heated debate between Jawaharlal Nehru and Syama Prasad Mookerjee, when the latter warned Nehru he would crush his 'crushing mentality'.

Congress has much to learn from its own history. Nehru’s party took pride in simultaneous polls

The Ram Nath Kovind-led panel has listed the benefits of simultaneous elections. Congress and other parties are opposing it without advancing logically tenable reasons.

One thing all education ministers under Nehru aimed to do—make Indians doubt ancient values

In 'Modian Consensus', Swadesh Singh talks about how the Nehruvian Consensus demolished the ideas of the Civilisational Consensus that had spiritualism at its core.

Doesn’t matter what war, we won’t take part in it unless we’ve to defend ourselves: Nehru

On 22 April 1955, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru spoke at the closed session of the Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Indonesia, where he said there was no no point in blaming the Soviet Union or America and Asian countries must be on the side of peace, not war. ‘If there is aggression anywhere in the world, it is bound to result in world war.’

India recognised Mao’s China before UK, US. Nehru was keen to take the lead

In ‘Crosswinds’, Vijay Gokhale looks at India’s attempt to carve out a place for itself in the Indo-Pacific in the midst of the Cold War and the role China played in it.

Karpoori Thakur went to Israel in 1959 and lived in the Kibbutz. Nehru actively encouraged him

Karpoori Thakur was critical of India's diplomatic distance from Israel. He did not consider Zionism as a settler-colonial project but a legitimate Jewish national movement with unique socialist ethos.

Nehru didn’t bring Muslim Personal Law reform. His commitment to secularism took a beating

In 'Raising the Bar', Pinky Anand and Saudamini Sharma explore cases and judgments that have shaped India and its people.

Why did Jinnah fade out of Congress? Gandhi reduced him to just a ‘Muslim’

In 'What if There Was No Congress?', Priyam Gandhi-Mody revists the key events that shaped India's political history.

Nehru ignored Assam’s economic crisis to welcome refugees, threatened to halt financial aid

In 'ULFA: The Mirage of Dawn', Rajeev Bhattacharyya recalls the untold story of the outlawed seperatist outfit.

On Camera

Opposition must debate utility, provisions of VB-GRAMG. Look beyond the name

Opposition parties are fixated on the argument that the government has deliberately removed MK Gandhi’s name from the Act. The real provisions in the Bill are barely being discussed.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

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.