Tushar Gandhi

is great grandson of the Mahatma, is an activist, author and president of the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation

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Karnataka chooses compassion and genuine connection over megalomania

“An egotistical utterance should always be regarded as false.”-- MK Gandhi, Bapu Ke Ashirvad, July 26, 1945 This is precisely how the Karnataka voter responded to the high-decibel, repulsively lavish but unashamedly false campaign mounted by...

Demon or demon-slayer? How we see Gandhi says a lot about ourselves– Tushar Gandhi

Recently, a Durga Puja pandal built by the Hindu Mahasabha in Kolkata portrayed Mahatma Gandhi as Mahishasura dying at the hands of Durga. As desired, it got a lot of notoriety and global publicity for the organisers....

100 years on, time for another Non-Cooperation Movement

The year 2020 marks the centenary of the Non-Cooperation Movement, which began on September 5, 1920. Before that, the country had erupted in protest against the Draconian Rowlatt Act imposed by the colonial rulers. The Rowlatt...

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My walk with Rahul was to keep alive the tradition of Nehru-Gandhi family marching together for India: Tushar

Mumbai/Kolkata: The great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Tushar Arun Gandhi on November 18 walked along with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for Bharat Jodo Yatra (BJY),...

Bear-Human Conflicts On Rise In Bengal

Kolkata: Recently, bears have been spotted at several houses in many districts in West Bengal. The incidents further alarm us about the man-animal conflicts...

How many more lives CAA, NRC will take, asks niece of Sameeda, the martyr of Park Circus

Kolkata: After almost 15 hours of no slogans, when Annie Raja from Delhi was sharing her experiences of Shaheen Bagh protest and explaining NRC,...

The contrast and balance make Thappad a well crafted art without losing the profundity and emotional essence

When Netra Jaisingh indulges in a clandestine affair with a younger man, the morally critical audience raises an eyebrow. Though the character gradually justifies...

Modi-Mamata face off in Kolkata, as both resort to personal attacks

Kolkata: After almost three months of having hastily calling off Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s brigade rally which was slotted immediately after Chief Minister Mamata...