by S. Gopal
The following contribution from Nehru’s biographer and eminent historian, Dr S. Gopal, was published in Mainstream (November 12, 1988). It was based on the Ansari Memorial Lecture which he delivered at the Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi (...)
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Nehru and Minorities
26 May 2019 -
On Nehru’s Path as Dark Clouds overcast India
26 May 2019, by Barun Das GuptaThe Muslims who live in India, belong here. We cannot talk of a Hindu State in India because that would mean that the people of other religions who live here do not belong here; which is wrong. Everyone who lives in India irrespective of his (...) -
Increasing Pressure on Iran and the threat of War
26 May 2019by Archishman Raju
Recent moves from the American establishment have a sinister character. They have steadily been putting pressure on Iran in seeming preparation for an attempted “regime change” war. The Trump Administration withdrew from the (...) -
Wider Implications of Sanctions
26 May 2019, by Bharat DograSanctions imposed by the USA on oil exports from Iran and Venezuela have implications far beyond the more obvious and immediate ones.
One short-term and obvious implication is that economic problems of Iran and Venezuela will increase. This can (...) -
Nehru, Golwalkar on RSS
26 May 2019, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
Filing the column at a rather stressful juncture —declaration of the election results are just a couple of days away but already exit-poll results are causing not just dismay but carrying forewarnings of very eerie build-ups. Doing the (...) -
Fools in High Places (Dedicated to Polonius)
26 May 2019, by Badri RainaWhen fools in high places make smart decisions,
Shaming those in the know,
Then clouds shed their toxic load,
And don a nationalist glow.
Not all fools are one and the same—
Some are fools indeed;
Others are touched by divine mystique,
And do not (...) -
"Indian Democracy: Long Dead, Now Buried”
26 May 2019, by Arup Kumar SenThe eminent historian, Ranajit Guha, summed up the precarious state of Indian democracy during the Emergency, beginning since the early hours of June 26, 1975, in his text published with the above title. He wrote: “...it will be fair to conclude (...) -
Unforeseen Event at Last Phase of Polls
19 May 2019, by SCEDITORIAL
As we enter the last phase of the seven-phase polls to elect the 17th Lok Sabha this year, an uncertain future stares us in the face. What happened in the streets of Kolkata in the wake of the roadshow of BJP President Amit Shah on May (...) -
L’affaire Viraat
19 May 2019, by S G VombatkerePrime Minister Modi’s electoral campaign “expose” of misuse of naval assets by the late ex-PM, Rajiv Gandhi, his wife Sonia Gandhi and a host of others with them in 1987 during a visit to Lakshwadeep Islands aboard INS Viraat, has naval circles (...) -
Love and Care
19 May 2019She had in her hut only one blanket
donated by a NGO last year.
She wrapped her two children with it
to keep them warm
in the bone-chilling wintry night.
For her she had bare cotton cloth
to ward off the cold freezing
around her frail body.
A (...)
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