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Remembering Jawaharlal Today
29 May 2016, by C.N. Chitta RanjanThe following article, by the first editor of Mainstream, appeared six years after Jawaharlal Nehru’s death in this journal’s May 23, 1970 issue. Born on September 29, 1921 in Ooty, C.N.C., as he was known to his friends and admirers, passed (...) -
Remembering Nehru in Critical Times
29 May 2016, by Barun Das GuptaThe fiftysecond death anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, the architect of modern India, will be observed this month at a time when the present dispensation is bent on rubbing out his name from the annals of history. Also, one of the principles (...) -
Nehru and his Economic Policy
29 May 2016by V.M. Mohanraj
The early 20th century saw India, China and Russia as mediaeval or semi-feudal societies under oppressive rulers. The imperialists in India and China could only have been more oppressive but not much more than the monarchy in (...) -
India without Nehru
29 May 2016, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
The 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, 1964. It is being reproduced on the occasion of (...) -
Changing Names, Nehru’s Significance
29 May 2016, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
Frenzied are Sanghis about changing names of roads. In fact, this frenzied lot are now targetting Akbar Road; chanting it ought to be renamed after Maharana Pratap Singh. Why? ‘Too many Delhi roads named after Mughal emperors... Muslim (...) -
Idea of India in Peril
29 May 2016, by Kuldip NayarI was on my way to Peshawar from Rawalpindi to meet Wali Khan, son of Frontier Gandhi, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan. At Abottabad, where I stopped for a cup of tea, the radio was broadcasting a BBC report that Sikh security guards had shot Prime (...) -
Elections in Five States: Exploding Myths and Grasping Realities
29 May 2016by Suneet Chopra
Objective realities, often based on hard truths and their subjective papering over, are a part of our present state of hyperbole in the media. And the elections in five States of the country are no exception, but the myths they (...) -
Amazing Story From Fine Print on State Elections
29 May 2016, by M K BhadrakumarThe Bharatiya Janata Party has always excelled in its mastery of the art of hyperbole. Remember ‘Shining India’? The hype that the party leadership is giving to the BJP’s perfor-mance in the recent State elections—in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu (...) -
Congress’ Seat-share More than that of BJP’s
29 May 2016COMMUNICATION
In all five States taken together the Congress got more seats than the BJP but this was ignored by the media.
Although the media in India was recently saturated with the results of the Assembly elections, it was by and large (...) -
Complexities Mount with State Poll Outcome
23 May 2016, by SCEDITORIAL
As we go to press today, the results of the Assembly elections in four States (Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal) and the Union Territory of Puducherry have just come. These given an idea of the public mood in various parts of (...)
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