Tag: Indira Gandhi
Did Nehru Really Swear Allegiance to British Crown? Here’s Fake Claim Breaking Internet
As PM Modi’s uninterrupted tenure draws comparisons with Nehru and Indira Gandhi, false claims resurface about Nehru swearing allegiance to the British Crown. These ignore the fact that Patel, Ambedkar, and others took the same oath. The selective targeting of Nehru’s legacy reflects a deeper agenda of historical distortion.
Bangladesh’s New Dawn: Lessons from India’s Nehruvian Democracy and Indira’s Resilience
Bangladesh is returning to normalcy. The new government, led by eminent citizen Mohammad Yunus, has taken over and spoken positively about minorities in Bangladesh....
Emergency Revisited: Constitutional Amendments Needed to Prevent History Repeating
The history of this country is woven around building narratives and myths around popular figures. A lot has been said and written about the...
Historical Reckoning: The Emergency, the RSS, and the BJP’s Political Narrative
The speaker of Lok Sabha, Om Birla is mired in many controversies. When he started his 2nd term as Lok Sabha (Parliament) Speaker he...
I broke a fixed deposit and sent to candidates in 1977– Mohsina Kidwai
“The party had no finances to fund its candidates. So as the state party president, I broke a fixed deposit of Rs 90,000 I...
Is Narendra Modi still undefeatable?
At 8-30 PM on January 18, 1977, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi announced over All India Radio – first in Hindi and then in English...