As Sonia Gandhi’s memoir Belonging is released, ThePrint looks back at the fairy-tale-like love story of Sonia and Rajiv that a generation of Indians grew up on.
In January 1998, Sonia Gandhi launched the Congress’s 1999 election campaign, delivering a speech in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, where her husband and former PM Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated.
Referring to his arrest in 1991 at the age of 19, Perarivalan told ThePrint in an exclusive interview: ‘At that age, we believed nothing would happen if we had done nothing wrong.’
‘The Hunt’ makes a smart choice by not having a character play Rajiv Gandhi, except for a glimpse in the first episode. It relies on archival footage to establish Gandhi’s charisma.
Sony Liv web series The Hunt, directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, is based on the bestselling book Ninety Days by investigative journalist Anirudhya Mitra. It will stream from 4 July.
Since his release from prison in November 2022, Santhan had been staying at a special camp for convicted foreigners in Trichy. He was admitted to hospital in Chennai in January.
Cabinet, Home and Defence Secretaries are all now in office on extension. A provision meant to protect tenure has become a tool of annual renewal, and the cost is borne by batch after batch below.
This could fuel further tensions with EU, where leaders have called for more trade curbs with China after a pact with Beijing to limit Chinese exports of hybrid vehicles to the bloc.
Between the farm laws and Agnipath, you could say the Modi government erred in taking its most loyal constituencies for granted: Hindi-heartland farmers and soldiers.
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