From Deen Dayal Upadhyay's mysterious death and Madhavrao Scindia's plane crash to the Gandhi family assassinations, so much of what happens in politics has little to do with calculations and much more to do with fate.
Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.
On 15 December 1988, PM Rajiv Gandhi spoke in the Lok Sabha while introducing comprehensive electoral reforms, including lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, and introducing measures to protect secular values in elections.
The Bofors howitzers played a key role in India’s Kargil victory. While the performance of the gun was not in question, Chitra Subramaniam said the scam did bring down the Army’s morale.
In Episode 1579, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta recalls his involvement in publishing Madhu Jain's review of the book, leading to protests, the ban on the book & a revenge movie in Pakistan.
In 1990, after he had lost power, he said to me in an interview: ‘Yes, I was young, I made mistakes.’ Off-the-record he added: ‘If you become prime minister tomorrow, you would make the same mistakes.’
In ‘The Arc of Memory’, Murlidhar C Bhandare, Congress leader and former governor of Odisha recounts his life events set to the backdrop of India’s history.
Indira Gandhi targeting RSS during Emergency & legitimising it, Rajiv giving up mandate in 1989, and Vajpayee, Advani advancing general elections – these errors changed the course of India’s politics.
Administrative efficiency and targeted schemes can ease frictions, but they cannot offset the competitiveness loss from expensive imported intermediates.
Armenia has procured significant defence equipment from India, including artillery guns, multi-barrel rocket launchers, air defence system, sniper rifles, weapons locating radars, anti-drone weapons.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
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