Mainstream Weekly

Whither NMML?

Arjun Dev, Bipan Chandra, Satish Chandra — 2011-05-03T11:08:35Z

It is a matter of concern and disquiet that despite widespread protests the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) governors (Karan Singh is the current Chairman of its Executive Council) are pushing through changes in the institution in a manner that could harm it irrevocably. While it takes vision to build an institution, careless handling and failure to maintain essential norms can lead to rapid decline.
Founded in the mid-1960s as the national memorial to Jawaharlal Nehru, it is (…)

- 2011

Face of Deception and Betrayal

Satish Chandra — 2008-09-18T13:30:07Z

The UPA Government's deception of the Indian people on the nuclear deal has been clearly exposed in the answers provided by the US State Department, on January 16, 2008, to the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in response to the queries posed by the latter on October 5, 2007. These responses were made public only on September 2, 2008 and had been kept under wraps so far at the request of the State Department as they were considered “diplomatically sensitive”. It does not take (…)

- September 13, 2008