New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
“Though, it can be argued that he was right to not take it up at the time, in order to reassure the Muslims who had decided to stay back in India that their faith was welcomed. Nehru and his government were up against a difficult political context—its election had followed unprecedented physical and mental violence. Perhaps Nehru and Ambedkar felt it safer to proceed with reforms in the Hindu Personal Laws at the time.”
This, in my view, is the correct explanation for why Pandit Nehru did what he did. We should also keep in mind that the ideology of the Muslim League hadn’t completely died at that point of time for many people. The last thing the nation needed was a protracted conflict right after independence (in addition to what already happened in Kashmir). The real blame lies with Mrs Gandhi and the subsequent leaders who, despite having the time and capability, preferred appeasement in order to garner votes.
“Though, it can be argued that he was right to not take it up at the time, in order to reassure the Muslims who had decided to stay back in India that their faith was welcomed. Nehru and his government were up against a difficult political context—its election had followed unprecedented physical and mental violence. Perhaps Nehru and Ambedkar felt it safer to proceed with reforms in the Hindu Personal Laws at the time.”
This, in my view, is the correct explanation for why Pandit Nehru did what he did. We should also keep in mind that the ideology of the Muslim League hadn’t completely died at that point of time for many people. The last thing the nation needed was a protracted conflict right after independence (in addition to what already happened in Kashmir). The real blame lies with Mrs Gandhi and the subsequent leaders who, despite having the time and capability, preferred appeasement in order to garner votes.