Often when a newspaper carried positive reports on Ambedkar, the cartoonists deliberately targeted Ambedkar even if there was nothing really to make fun of.
In this book excerpt, governor of Tripura Tathagata Roy writes about the difference between Jawaharlal Nehru and Syama Prasad Mookerjee, founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh—predecessor to the BJP.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
Unfortunately the offspring of the great Minoo Masani is living in denial. The memory of Rajaji and Minoo Masani has long been obliterated by past Congress governments, who had no place for anybody not belonging to the dynasty. The present regime has nothing to do with it. Secondly India never had a place for liberal, secular and free market values during any ruling dispensation. The present government is as anti free market as all Indian governments have been since 1947.
Some very interesting and important segment of political history of independent India. Truly nothing much is known about Minoo Masani to the present generation of Indians, although in my younger days in school and college, he was a prominent political figure. Particularly Odisha, my home state was ruled by Swarantra party with RM SinghDeo at the helm for several years. There is need for an unbiased historical account of independent India highlighting roles different political persona other than Nehru. All our history books are so partisan towards one narrative and one leader!
I think MrMinoo Masani was a giant of a man. Rare person of courage n integrity. Indian political and economic history has not given him his due. But I think MrZareer Masani gets it wrong in blaming the present political crop. It was the Congress that obliterated MrMasani’s memory and contribution. I dont think the BJP is promoting Rajaji’s memory either,and if indeed they are,then its easier to do as Rajaji is better known having been the last GG of India.Having said that,any fair historian who writes or records India post becoming a republic cant ignore the contribution that MrMasani made to the country. Or the values that he espoused and held. We now mostly have men of straw-Minoo Masani’s true nationalist breed is much needed in India today.
Unfortunately the offspring of the great Minoo Masani is living in denial. The memory of Rajaji and Minoo Masani has long been obliterated by past Congress governments, who had no place for anybody not belonging to the dynasty. The present regime has nothing to do with it. Secondly India never had a place for liberal, secular and free market values during any ruling dispensation. The present government is as anti free market as all Indian governments have been since 1947.
Some very interesting and important segment of political history of independent India. Truly nothing much is known about Minoo Masani to the present generation of Indians, although in my younger days in school and college, he was a prominent political figure. Particularly Odisha, my home state was ruled by Swarantra party with RM SinghDeo at the helm for several years. There is need for an unbiased historical account of independent India highlighting roles different political persona other than Nehru. All our history books are so partisan towards one narrative and one leader!
I think MrMinoo Masani was a giant of a man. Rare person of courage n integrity. Indian political and economic history has not given him his due. But I think MrZareer Masani gets it wrong in blaming the present political crop. It was the Congress that obliterated MrMasani’s memory and contribution. I dont think the BJP is promoting Rajaji’s memory either,and if indeed they are,then its easier to do as Rajaji is better known having been the last GG of India.Having said that,any fair historian who writes or records India post becoming a republic cant ignore the contribution that MrMasani made to the country. Or the values that he espoused and held. We now mostly have men of straw-Minoo Masani’s true nationalist breed is much needed in India today.