The former President goes to the headquarters of RSS in Nagpur and talks about the idea of Nehruvian nationalism and the supremacy of the Constitution.
From Mahatma Gandhi to A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the RSS has continuously invited leaders of different affiliations to address its events in its 93-old history.
Former president Pranab Mukherjee in 2010 is believed to have drafted the party's resolution that said the ideology of the BJP and RSS 'threatens the very basis of secularism'.
In a 2005 Walk The Talk, then RSS chief K.S. Sudarshan praised Indira Gandhi, saying she had a good understanding of the people, their needs, and the country.
Both the sulking Congress and the gloating RSS should know that Pranab Mukherjee might seem harmless and easy to digest, but if he chooses, he can get stuck in the throat like a sharp bone from the katla fish he so dearly loves.
Bangladesh is already reeling from low coal-fired power production & inability to import enough coal, gas. Now, Adani has cut supplies over unpaid dues. However, this could hurt Adani too.
Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
RSS has to grow and change a lot. Now only they have grown from half trousers to full trousers. Once they come of age, they will realise and understand the broadbased concepts like pluralistic society, secularism, nationalism unity in diversity, social inclusion and multiculturalism. They have to grow a lot. I dont know it will take place in one century or not. They can never be trusted and they will never change. They pretend and they hypocrites.
I wish the former President had spoken for about an hour, although to the discerning, even a few paragraphs distilled the essence of his lifelong devotion to the Constitution, as a student, scholar and practitioner. His friends in the Congress party may have been dismayed by his acceptance of the invitation. However, they should have been sanguine about his convictions and world view. He was received with the courtesy and deference due to his record of public service and he was a gracious guest, did not cross any red lines. However, he did not play to the gallery, said nothing because someone would be pleased to hear it. How much his words will register and resonate is difficult to judge. The seven hundred odd young men who graduated today ought to feel privileged that he was present to address them and give them his blessings. Sometimes, when faced with difficult moral choices, they might wish to recall snippets of his speech.
RSS has to grow and change a lot. Now only they have grown from half trousers to full trousers. Once they come of age, they will realise and understand the broadbased concepts like pluralistic society, secularism, nationalism unity in diversity, social inclusion and multiculturalism. They have to grow a lot. I dont know it will take place in one century or not. They can never be trusted and they will never change. They pretend and they hypocrites.
I wish the former President had spoken for about an hour, although to the discerning, even a few paragraphs distilled the essence of his lifelong devotion to the Constitution, as a student, scholar and practitioner. His friends in the Congress party may have been dismayed by his acceptance of the invitation. However, they should have been sanguine about his convictions and world view. He was received with the courtesy and deference due to his record of public service and he was a gracious guest, did not cross any red lines. However, he did not play to the gallery, said nothing because someone would be pleased to hear it. How much his words will register and resonate is difficult to judge. The seven hundred odd young men who graduated today ought to feel privileged that he was present to address them and give them his blessings. Sometimes, when faced with difficult moral choices, they might wish to recall snippets of his speech.