Tribute: O. P. Sabherwal
Om Prakash Sabherwal, eminent journalist and author of the much publicised India's Tyrust with the Atom, passed away on May 16 following a brief illness. He was 90. OP, as he was popularly known in the...
View ArticleTragedy of being Manmohan Singh
by Arun SrivastavaEmphatic drubbing in the Karnataka elections has not made the BJP to revise its tactics of seeking the resignation of Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on the plea of being corrupt,...
View ArticleDemocracy Lessons from the Maldives
The Maldives is putting Indian pundits to shame. Not only there is no democracy deficit in the archipelago of 2.4 lakh voters but the twists and turns of politics there in the run-up to the September 7...
View ArticleSecular Outlook
Jawaharlal Nehru while in power, it must be conceded, could not implement many of his ideas which he so passionately advocated when fighting against the British during our freedom struggle. He himself...
View ArticleThe Statesman as Historian
by Ravinder KumarA number of very distinguished individuals, drawn from different walks of life, have paid tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth centenary. Some of them have touched upon his...
View ArticleHis Economic Philosophy
[Excerpted from the Gentle Colossus]by V.K.R.V. RaoPandit Jawaharlal Nehru is not only a great patriot and one of the great sons of India, but also a great son of the world who played a significant...
View ArticleThis was a Man
For four decades and more, this gentle colossus strode our Indian world and his place among the great figures of our time is secure. But his uniqueness lay in the unobtrusive opulence of endowment...
View ArticleA Total Commitment
We, who have lived through one part or the other of the Nehru era, look back on that period with nostalgia as a sort of Golden Age; we tend to regard those times as the “good old days”. In fact, those...
View ArticleWomen's Resurgence: The Gandhi - Nehru Alchemy
While remembering Jawaharlal Nehru on his fortyninth death anniversary this year on May 27, we reproduce some of the tributes paid to his abiding memory by eminent personalities who were also members...
View ArticleJawaharlal Nehru on India - Pakistan Relations
May 27 this year happens to be Jawaharlal Nehru's fortyninth death anniversary. On this occasion we are publishing excerpts from Nehru's speeches on India-Pakistan relations.Some recent events, more...
View ArticleIndia without Nehru
From N.C.'s WritingsThe following piece, which appeared in the ‘New Delhi Skyline' of Mainstream, was written two days after Jawaharlal Nehru's demise on May 27, 1964. It was published on May 30,...
View ArticlePakistan: Democracy Triumphs: Nawaz Sharif on Trial
It was an emotional expression, that of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, after winning the polls in Pakistan. By inviting Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh to his oath-taking ceremony he fulfilled the desire...
View ArticleVicious Cycle of Insecurity in Afghanistan
by M. Ashraf HaidariAlmost twelve years have passed since the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan, but peace remains elusive. Four interlocking challenges with internal, regional, transnational, and...
View ArticleLi Keqiang's Visit
COMMENTARYChina's new PM Li Keqiang's first trip outside his country was to India this month. He had prepared well for his meetings with the Indian leaders and went out of his way to display warmth...
View ArticleNine Years of UPA Dispensation
EDITORIALYesterday, that is, on May 22, the UPA II Government completed four years. The UPA dispensation has been in power for nine years now. It ousted the deeply entrenched NDA Government in 2004...
View ArticleWhat is Good for the High Command? What is Good for the Country?
IMPRESSIONSBelieve it or not, some analysts in Karnataka publicly attributed the Congress victory in the State to Rahul Gandhi's campaign speeches. Narendra Modi was all bombast, they said, while Rahul...
View ArticleWe Disagree, Minister Tharoor
by Amitabh ChakrabortiThe Minister of State for HRD, Shashi Tharoor, has come up with an article on the introduction of the FYUP in Delhi University. No, if you have to go by what our Minister says in...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Questions and Uncertainties
From Afghanistan comes the astonishing news that some high government officials are paid monthly salaries in the range of US $ 30,000-50,000 by the national government and foreign organisations.At the...
View ArticleTridib Chowdhuri and his Growing Relevance
The birth centenary of the exemplary parliamentarian and extraordinary Left leader, Tridib Chowdhuri of the RSP, was observed last December, that is, six months ago, without any major celebration in...
View ArticleEliminating Salwa Judum Leader Mahendra Karma
by Arun SrivastavaOn May 25, 2013, a detachment of the People's Liberation Guerilla Army of the CPI (Maoist) carried out the most gruesome attack in Sukma of Chhattisgarh in which at least 27 Congress...
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