On 9 December 1963, Ram Manohar Lohia spoke in the Lok Sabha about the Rs 10,000 crore outlay that involved wasteful expenditure borne out of a desire to imitate the European way of life.
You can’t take on BJP’s aggressive nationalism with an abstract internationalism; positive nationalism of Indian socialists can be the effective antidote.
Three-time Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh breathed his last at a private hospital in Haryana's Gurugram Monday where he was under treatment since last week.
Mulayam Singh Yadav, Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav gained their political stripes with anti-Congressism but are now in the opposition fold alongside the party they once opposed.
By ’90s, Nehru bashing was all the rage in Left-dominated academics. I was taught by teachers who dismissed Nehru’s urbanity, rationalism and secularism as ‘un-Indian’.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
While Pakistani authorities have not clarified what intended target was, the incident adds to a troubling pattern of PAF strikes killing civilians, including women and children.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
Another scoundrel from the Jat belt. Jat political leadership has always been about opportunism, sycophancy and unabashed corruption.
Good riddance.