Page 5 - Latest Updates on Indira Gandhi
Satyapal Malik's 'Governorspeak' a negotiating gambit with angry farmers?
Might Malik's statements have been primed by powers-that-be to resume negotiations? His advocacy of farmers' demands may be a credibility-building exercise to take a role in facilitating negotiations
Et tu Ashoka?
A pioneer in liberal education takes a hard knock
 "Et tu Ashoka?")
The Emergency's legacies
The authoritarian streak in Indian politics had been growing long before 1975 and its influence may have actually increased, the authors of an authoritative book on this seminal period suggest
 "The Emergency's legacies")
The angry Vishwaguru
The world has expectations from India and complains when those aren't met. If global praise is acceptable to Modi govt, why the resentment and rejection over criticism?
 "The angry Vishwaguru")
Emergency was a mistake says Rahul Gandhi in conversation with Kaushik Basu
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said what happened during that period was "wrong", but it was fundamentally different from the current scenario
 "Emergency was a mistake says Rahul Gandhi in conversation with Kaushik Basu")
Frames per Second: The strange career of Kissa Kursi Ka
The film critical of Indira Gandhi's regime was banned during the Emergency, but what's the purpose of continued censorship now?
 "Frames per Second: The strange career of Kissa Kursi Ka")
Frames per Second: In custody, then and now
Anand Patwardhan's film Prisoner of Conscience, on political prisoners in India during the Emergency, has some deep resonances for our times
 "Frames per Second: In custody, then and now")
The foreign hand, again
Conspiratorial thinking leads to tyranny. It means you imagine connections between disparate groups of dissenters, and thereby elevate in your mind their danger to the state
Longest speech to fine print: Here're India-specific snippets on Budget
The record for the longest Budget speech - 160 minutes -is held by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
 "Longest speech to fine print: Here're India-specific snippets on Budget")
'Iron lady': Congress pays tributes to Indira Gandhi on birth anniversary
The Congress paid rich tributes to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary with Rahul Gandhi saying the whole country still gives the example of her impressive leadership
 "'Iron lady': Congress pays tributes to Indira Gandhi on birth anniversary")
Rich tributes paid to former PM Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary
The nation on Saturday paid homage to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her 36th death anniversary, recalling her contribution
Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka pay tributes to Indira Gandhi on death anniversary
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former party chief Rahul Gandhi and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra paid tributes to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her 36th death anniversary
Modi-Shah's Ashwamedha Yagna with NDA almost complete
Modi and Shah's BJP doesn't need the NDA anymore. Advani's experiment is over, used and discarded
 "Modi-Shah's Ashwamedha Yagna with NDA almost complete")
GST, farm Bills and 4 other events that widened Centre-state trust deficit
The roots of the trust deficit lie in the unwillingness of the political authorities to invest in cooperative federalism since their priority is to secure and wield power at the central level
The many faces of populism
Book review of I Am the People
 "The many faces of populism")
Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2019 presented to broadcaster David Attenborough
Noted broadcaster and natural historian David Attenborough has been presented the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2019 by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust
 "Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2019 presented to broadcaster David Attenborough")
Writer, literary historian Rakhshanda Jalil on being Muslim in modern India
Jalil shares her thoughts on interfaith sensitivity versus appeasement politics, the onus of secularism, a gender-just nikahnama and more
 "Writer, literary historian Rakhshanda Jalil on being Muslim in modern India")
The troubleshooter
Pranab Mukherjee's career spanned three phases of Indian politics
 "The troubleshooter")
Pranab as FM: Remembering how he managed controversies, even created some
The gap between Mukherjee's two tenures as FM is testimony as much to his longevity and utility as a politician as to his ability to survive under different Congress regimes
 "Pranab as FM: Remembering how he managed controversies, even created some")
Former President Pranab Mukherjee passes away at 84
Mukherjee had served as the President of India from 2012 to 2017, and held several important portfolios previously in various Congress-led governments from the 1970s to 2012
 "Former President Pranab Mukherjee passes away at 84")
